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Caesura
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Pause in the middle of line which seperates the two parts of the line.
ex. "Deeds of renown that were done by the heroes" -Old English |
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Kenning
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Hyphenated expression that makes metaphors
"swan-road" for the sea Old English Exhibit A-Saxon's qualities of somber imagery, love of glory, enthusiam for battle and sea. |
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Iambic Pentameter
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Metric Foot:Unstressed-Stressed
Number of Metric Feet: 5 Shakespeare wrote a lot in I.P. Middle English (replaced alliteration and caesura) |
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Fabliau
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Crude story whose plot involves one or more attemps to cheat another
The Miller's Tale Reeve's Shipman's |
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The Legend
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Although heroines are not strictly saits, their behavior is incredibly and consistently saintly.
The Physician's Tale |
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The Exemplum
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Story with intention of teaching 'by example' a truth or moral lesson.
Canterbury Tales...? |
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Mock Epic
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Devices used in the tale of serious 'epic proportion', yet deals with trivial subjects.
The Nun's Priest Tale" |
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The Fable
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Type of exemplum that uses animals to stereotype humans.
"The Nun's Priest Tale" |
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Hegelian Dialect
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the principle established by the idealist German philosopher Georg Hegel stating that one concept (thesis) inevitably generates its opposite (antithesis); their interaction leads to a new concept (synthesis). Truth is reached by a continuing dialectic.
Thesis ->The Knights Tale Synthesis ->The Miller's Tale Antithesis ->? |
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Chivalric Romance
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Adventures or tests through which a knight seeks to win the love of his lady.
The Knight's Tale |
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Lyric
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subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which reveals the poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression.
Andrew Marvell "To His Coy Mistress" |
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Epic
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A long narrative poem where the hero is a figure of heroic stature of nation/international importance & legendary impaortance. Has deeds of great valor and supernatural forces.
Beowulf. |
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Dramatic Monologue
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A lyric poem in which the speaker tells an audience about a dramatic moment of his/her life, and by doing so reveals his/her character
ex) Prufrock |
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Elegy
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A poem of lament, meditating on the death of an individual.
The Wanderer/The Seafarer |
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Conceit
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Poetic Device where an extended metaphor comparing two unlike objects with powerful effect.
Donne's A Valediction Forbidding Mourning. |
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Personification
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Figure of Speech where objects & animals have human qualities.
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Apostrophe
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An address to a person or personified object not present.
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Metonymy
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The substitiution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named, in place of the name itself.
"The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown" -Hamlet |
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Synechdoche
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A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole object or idea.
"Not a hair perished [person]" The Tempest |
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Hyperbole
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gross exaggeration for effect; overstatement.
"Love you ten years before the Flood, And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews." Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress |
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Verbal Irony
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meaning one thing and saying another
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Dramatic Irony
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Two levels of mening, what the speaker says and what he/she means AND what speaker says and what author means.
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Imagery
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the use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description.
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Paradox
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a statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth.
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Allusion
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a reference to an outside fact, event, or other source.
Prufrock-> Hamlet |
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The Great Chain of Being
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The Universe (the macrocosm) and the individual (microcosm) is a series of inter-relationships.
Ripple Effect from the macrocosm to the microcosm Hamlet |
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"The Green World"
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A place where the characters of the story go to solve problems
Forest in AYLI Island in Tempest |
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Epic Hero (5 traits)
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1)Descendent of nobility
2)almost superhuman strength 3)successful as a warrior 4)fearless of death 5)establishes order out of chaos |
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Masque
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A form of dramatic entertainment in 16th and 17th centuries; consisting of dancing and acting performed by masked players.
The Tempest |
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Aside
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An actor's remark addressed to the audience rather than the other characters.
Hamlet Claudius aside "it is the poisoned cup, it is too late" |
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Bildungsroman
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The moral, psychological and intellectual development of a character.
The Tempest |
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Horatian Satire
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Aims to correct by gentle and broadly sympathetic laughter.
Canterbury Tales |
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Juvenalian Satire
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Bitter; points to corruption/evil of men
Canterbury Tales |
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Situational Irony
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When the reality of a situation differs from the anticipated. When something unexpected happens.
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Existentialism
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A philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts.
Ros and Guil |
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Noble Savage
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A significant role in the story who presents important ideas and conflicts but is presented as a savage.
Caliban- The Tempest |
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Understatement
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Figure of speech that consists of saying less than one means.
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Tragic Hero
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-Highly respected public position
-Grand, Noble Characters -Their psych, intel., emot. health reflects health of society -Tragedy results from a fall from glory Hamlet |
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Epigraph
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A short quote or saying introducing a book or chapter
Prufrock |
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Deus ex Machina
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Out of the Machine
An unexpected event saving a seemingly hopeless situation. |
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Stream of Consciousness
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Reveals the characters feelings, thoughts, and actions, often following an associative rather than logical sequence
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Soliloquy
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An acto of speaking one's thoughts aloud when alone
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Pun
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play on words based on the similarity of sound b/w 2 words w/ different meanings
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Comedy (Shakesperean)
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-victory of young lovers over opposition of parents and rivals
-young hero's opponents are slaves to some form of mental bondage -new society formed around the hero and bride -movement from bondage to liberty As You Like It |
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Theater of the Absurd
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-emphasis on situation instead of event
-doesn't pretend to give moral -lacks plot -reality merges into fantasy -no logic -often humorous |
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Aristotle's Poetics
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1) Unity of Time-single day, no time lapse
2) Unity of Place-all action occurs in one place 3) Unity of Action-No irrelevancies are permitted Also, Classical "Three Dramatic Unities" The Tempest |
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
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Free Verse
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unrhymed lines without regular rhythm
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Motif
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Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.
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Allegory
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the expression through symbolism of truths of generalizations about human experience.
Beowulf |
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Epilogue
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A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play.
As You Like It |
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Foil
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One that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another
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Tragicomedy
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play with strong elements of tragedy that become comedy through reconciliation and redemption.
The Tempest |
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Archetype
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An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype
Beowulf |
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Anti-Hero
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-Want to believe/ nothing to believe in
-movement from blieveing "who'd have thought we were so important" to believing they don't count -Victims of Great Chain -To be told so little, to be denied an explanation -i don't care/i've had enough/i'm relieved -Cries for answers to questions Prufrock, Ros and Guil |
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Verisimilitude
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veritas-latin for truth
seeming truth/ represents true reality The Tempest |
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Pastoral Lover
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Everything will be found in nature
Silvius in As You Like It |
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Confidant
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A character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions of a main character.
Horatio to Hamlet |
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Pastoral
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A literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life, usually in an idealized way.
As You Like It |
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Petrarchan Sonnet
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aka Italian Sonnet
2 sections: -Octave: a question, a story, an idea -and Sestet: an answer, a comment, a proposition ABBA ABBA (Octave) CDE CDE (Sestet) ex. Wyatt's Whoso List to Hunt |
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Shakesperian Sonnet
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aka English Sonnet
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG quatrain 1, 2, and 3 each ask a question final couplet is final comment Shakespeare's My love is as a fever |
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Symbol
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A figure of speech that combines literal or sensory qualities of something w/ implied meaning.
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