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Section 1
(50 cards)
Isaiah
The great prophet who guided the reforms of Hezekiah. His prophecies often refer to the coming of the Messiah.
Caucasus
Prometheus is chained here by Zeus, an eagle eats his liver daily and he is freed by Hercules
Paris
Prince of Troy who fell in love with Helen; sparked the Trojan war when Aphrodite gave him Helen
Mount Olympus
the higest mountain in Greece, where the ancient Greeks believed many of their gods and godesses lived
*** of Babylon
Christian allegorical figure of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible; connected to the Beast and the Antichrist; dressed in purple and scarlet
Absalom
David's son who rebelled and drove David from Jerusalem; hair hung in a tree
Ruth
God providentially rewards sacrificial loyalty; marries Boaz
Aphrodite
Goddess of love and beauty
Narcissus
(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
Prometheus
(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind
Joshua
(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land
Troy
A kingdom that was destroyed by the Greeks in the Trojan War. It is located on the western coast of Asia Minor
Egypt
Mary and Joseph took Jesus to this country because Herod was killing Jewish infant boys; where the Jews were led from by Moses
Gideon
an Israeli judge. In a major battle, when his forces were massively outnumbered, he fooled the opposition by making noise with trumpets that made the enemy think that the Hebrew forces were much larger than they really were.
Abraham
Founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command.
Apollo
god of music, poetry, prophecy, medicine, and the sun
Poseidon
God of the sea and earthquakes
Jonah
Old Testament prophet who ran from God and sailed to sea. When a storm arose, he admitted that he was the cause, and the sailors threw him overboard, where he was swallowed by a large fish.
Hector
(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
Sarah
The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
Fates
three goddesses that controlled the destiny of mortals their life and death.
Achilles
Greatest Greek warrior, husband of Briseis whom Agamemnon steals, only vulnerable place is his heel, prophecy that he would die in the Trojan war, which he does at the hand of Paris
Ithaca
Home of Odysseus
Eden
The name of the garden in which God placed Adam and Eve.; paradise
Burning Bush
One day Moses lost his temper and killed a Hebrew slave. He ran away. God spoke to him through a burning bush and said he had to go back and free the Hebrews from slavery.
Hades
God of the underworld
Icarus
The son of the master craftsman Daedalus. His father gave him wings. He ignored instructions not to fly too close to the sun, and fell to his death
Sisyphus
A king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and he was forced to start again
Minos
king of Crete; promised peace with Athens if they sacrificed 7 young men and 7 maidens to him every nine years to feed to the Minotaur
Minotaur
(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
Hermes
Messenger of the gods
Sparta
Greek city-state that was ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves for agriculture, discouraged the arts
David
(Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites
Helen
Wife of Menelaus and queen of Sparta. Helen's abduction from Sparta by the Trojans sparked the Trojan War. Her beauty is without parallel, but she is criticized for giving in to her Trojan captors and thereby costing many Greek men their lives. She offers Telemachus assistance in his quest to find his father.
Joseph
Jacob's favorite among his twelve sons. His envious brothers sold him as a slave, but Joseph rose to become prime minister of Egypt, where he was ultimately able to save his family from starvation.
Esau
The elder of Isaac and Rebekah's twin sons. The ancestor of the Edomites. He gave up his birthright for a bowl of Jacob's stew.
Daniel
one known for wisdom and accurate judgment; from a wise leader in the Old Testament who was able to read the handwriting on the wall
Crete
A Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea, southeast of Greece. Where the Palace of Knossos was discovered and the Minoan civilization.
Jacob
grandson of Abraham, son of Isaac and Rebekah, brother of Esau, and the traditional ancestor of Israelites. His name was changed to Israel, and his 12 sons became the 12 Tribes of Israel.
Adam
The first man and our first father. Together with Eve, he committed the first sin (Original Sin). This Hebrew name refers to the particular individual or to mankind in general.
Daedalus
(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos
Isaac
Son of Abraham and Sarah. He was born when they were very old. Although Isaac was not Abraham's first son, he was the firstborn of Sarah, Abraham's wife, making Isaac the heir to God's promises.
Ajax
Greek warrior, struck with madness and eventually kills himself, fights with Odysseus to safely bring Patroclus's dead body back to camp
Zeus
king of the Greek gods
Odysseus
Endures a long journey from Troy to Ithaca; protagonist of the Odyssey
Red Sea
parted by Moses, crossed through by the Israelites
Athena
Goddess of wisdom and war
Esther
God providentially protects His people from their enemies
Canaan
An ancient name for the land of Israel
Moses
(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus
Section 2
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Francis Ford Coppola
Director of The Godfather
Jerusalem
A city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
Golgotha
A hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. The name means "place of the skull."
Sun Tzu
Author of The Art of War, an ancient Chinese book on military strategy.
Rodgers and Hammerstein
The Sound of Music, The King and I
Lenny Bruce
Challenged the idea in the 1960s that obscenity could be defined by local and state governments as the use of dirty language rather than any appeal to sexual interest.
Walter Cronkite
A newscaster who was known for his objectivity and trustworthiness, who said that the war in Vietnam would end in stalemate. Johnson knew that if even Cronkite didn't support him, nobody in Middle America supported him.
Toni Morrison
"Recitatif" 1983
Pablo Picasso
a Spanish artist, founder of Cubism, which focused on geometric shapes and overlapping planes
Jezebel
the wife of Ahab (a king of Israel), notorious for her evil and vicious actions.
Adam Smith
Scottish economist who wrote the Wealth of Nations a precursor to modern Capitalism.
Jane Goodall
English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)
Machiavelli
Renaissance writer; formerly a politician, wrote The Prince, a work on ethics and government, describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that "the end justifies the means."
St. Augustine
early christian leader who writes the book City of God that instructs how Christians are to be
Plato
(430-347 BCE) Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection.
Bad Brains
African American group; regarded as pioneers of hardcore punk
Martin Luther
95 Thesis, posted in 1517, led to religious reform in Germany, denied papal power and absolutist rule. Claimed there were only 2 sacraments: baptism and communion.
Saul of Tarsus
the name by which the apostle Paul was known before his conversion on the road to Damascus
Coco Chanel
A French fashion designer, made the little black dress popular.
Ahab
The wicked king of Israel. Led by his Phoenician wife Jezebel, he established the cult of Baal and persecuted the worshipers of the True God.
Aristotle
Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly influenced Western thought. In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic, based on the syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry.
Frank Sinatra
One of the greatest entertainers in history; unique singing style & silky voice; starred in over 60 movies; led the Rat Pack during the 60s; created the role of the lead singer
Virgil
Classical Roman poet, author of Aenied
James Madison
"Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States.
Confucius
(551-479 BCE) A Chinese philosopher known also as Kong Fuzi and created one of the most influential philosophies in Chinese history.
Stanley Kubrick
Director of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Obsessed with control over his product as an amateur.
Albert Camus
(1913-1960) -French existentialist who stated that in spite of the general absurdity of human life, individuals could make rational sense out of their own existence through meaningful personal decision making.
Michel Foucault
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison; History of Sexuality
Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged; The Fountainhead
John Locke
17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.
Paul of Tarsus
Disciple whose letters defined Christianity as separate from Judaism
Solomon
(Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)
Homer
A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
John the Baptist
A cousin of Jesus, older by six months. His baptizing and preaching in the wilderness prepared the way for Jesus.
Karl Marx
1818-1883. 19th century philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist, and revolutionary. Often recognized as the father of communism. Analysis of history led to his belief that communism would replace capitalism as it replaced feudalism. Believed in a classless society.
Jimi Hendrix
United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970)
Betty Friedan
1921-2006. American feminist, activist and writer. Best known for starting the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book "The Feminine Mystique".
Ovid
a poet who wrote about Roman mythology; Metamorphoses
Richard Nixon
1968 and 1972; Republican; Vietnam: advocated "Vietnamization" (replace US troops with Vietnamese), but also bombed Cambodia/Laos, created a "credibility gap," Paris Peace Accords ended direct US involvement; economy-took US off gold standard (currency valued by strength of economy); created the Environmental Protection Agency, was president during first moon landing; SALT I and new policy of detente between US and Soviet Union; Watergate scandal: became first and only president to resign
Abel
Adam and Eve's second son. Murdered by his brother Cain.
Socrates
(470-399 BCE) An Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes.
Josephine Baker
A twentieth-century African-American actress, dancer, singer, and civil rights activist. She gained her international reputation first in Europe. After World War II she was decorated by the French government for her work in the Resistance, and at her death she was given a state funeral as a war hero.
Jerome Robbins
Choreographed West Side Story
Jesus
A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans. He is the basis of the world's largest religion.
Voltaire
(1694-1778) French philosopher. He believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government. He also spoke out against the corruption of the French government, and the intolerance of the Catholic Church.
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain, The Fire Next Time, Notes of a Native, If Beale Street Could Talk, Nobody Knows My Name
Hegel
Was a German philosopher who wrote and influenced many others (like Marx) with his writings. He is most often characterized by his 'three-step process' of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
Sartre
French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
Lazarus
a man who Jesus raised from the dead, even though he'd been buried for three days. A symbol of Jesus's power and of possibilities.
Cain
Adam and Eve's first son and murderer of his brother, Abel
Section 3
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figurative language
The use of tropes or figures of speech; going beyond literal meaning to achieve literary effect.
annotation
(n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
cite
Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source
antecedent
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Irony
A contradiction between what is said and what is meant; incongruity between action and result.
Inversion
A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject.
David Sedaris
Humorist and Author; Me Talk Pretty One Day
elegiac
mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful
imperative sentence
sentence used to command or enjoin
complex sentence
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Denotation
the literal meaning of a word
Ethos
A Greek term referring to the character of a person; one of Aristotle's three rhetorical appeals
Mao Zedong
(1893-1976) Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976.
audience
One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed
Allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
epigram
witty comment
authority
A reliable, respected source—someone with knowledge.
Thomas Sowell
Conservative black American economist of the late 20th century
context
Words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.
argument
A statement put forth and supported by evidence
claim
An assertion, usually supported by evidence
deduction
reasoning from general to specific
Imagery
Vivid use of language that evokes a reader's senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing).
Counterargument
A challenge to a position; an opposing argument
Analogy
A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
common ground
Shared beliefs, values, or positions.
Grace Hopper
worked in computation lab in Harvard, one of the pioneers that created the software for computers, introduced the term "debugging"
archaic diction
The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language.
Colloquialism
informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing
figure of speech
An expression that strives for literary effect rather than conveying a literal meaning.
Anaphora
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
concession
A reluctant acknowledgment or yielding.
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
anecdote
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
Coordination
Grammatical equivalence between parts of a sentence, often through a coordinating conjunction such as and, or but.
Appositive
A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.
close reading
A careful reading that is attentive to organization, figurative language, sentence structure, vocabulary, and other literary and structural elements of a text.
Jim Collins
Level 5 Leadership: Their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves. Paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. They set up successors for even greater success.
attitude
The speaker's position on a subject as revealed through his or her tone.
Diction
word choice
Hyperbole
exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis
Documentation
The act of creating citations to identify resources used in writing a work.
Bias
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Antimetabole
repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order
Tex Avery
the style of Warner cartoons influenced most by this person, who became the director of WB. His style was unlike that of Disney, but much less realistic, characters had eyes that would bulge out, change shapes, etc. More interested in film form; and made jokes about film form (played with nondiegetic material) More adult subject matter; his characters were often obnoxious and prone to extremely violent behavior, used symbolism, had sexual implications, no respect for authority. He went on to MGM and created Droopy Dog, Screwy Squirrel, and the Wolf and the Showgirl series. And had a tremendous influence on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. These cartoons are often compared to EAC.
declarative sentence
a sentence that makes a statement
assertion
a declaration or emphatic statement
Induction
reasoning from specific to general
Section 4
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