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35 Cards in this Set
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Epics tend to begin
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In Medias Res
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Where and when was the chivalric romance established?
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12th Century France
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An often burlesque parody set in the contemporary world, this often mocks and is the opposite of the chivalric romance
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fabliau
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A medieval drama which addresses the spiritual mystery of Christ's redemption of human kind
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Mystery Play
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When did mystery plays peak in popularity?
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14th and 15th centuries
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a short unaccented syllable followed by a long accented one is called
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an iamb
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a long accented syllable, then a short unaccented one
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a trochee
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2 unaccented syllables, 1 accented
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anapest
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2 equally accented syllables together
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spondee
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1 accented syllable, 2 unaccented
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dactyl
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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blank verse
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a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole
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synechdoche
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when one word or phrase is substituted for another that is similar
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metonymy
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an extended simile/metaphor that structures a sonnet
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conceit
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17th century followers and supporters of Charles I who wrote in defense of their king
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Cavaliers
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Robert Herrick was a
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Son of Ben
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The Sons of Ben acknowledged who as their master?
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Ben Johnson
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a type of biblical interpretation in which something in the old testament predicts something in the new
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typology
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dramatized allegories of a representative Christian life in the plot form of
quest for salvation, in which the crucial events are temptations, sinning, and the climactic confrontation with death. |
Morality Play
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Is Dr. Faustus a morality play, or a tragedy?
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Tragedy influenced by Morality Play
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What did Christopher Marlowe write?
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Dr Faustus
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In Dr. Faustus, the traditional forms of knowledge are
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law, medicine, logic and religion
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Who first instruct Dr. Faustus in the Black arts?
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Cornelius and Valdes
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When did John Milton live?
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Early 1600s
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Who describes the human mind as a blank slate at birth?
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John Locke
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Who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language?
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Samuel Johnson
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Wrote simply styled religious poetry in the 17th century
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George Herbert
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17th century poet with a witty style
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John Donne
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A Son of Ben poet who also showed direct influence from classical poets
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Robert Herrick
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Which poet often wrote love/seize the day poems
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Robert Herrick
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A Cavelier poet but not a libertine
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Richard Lovelace
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Known as the "Matchless Orinda" poetry addresses female friends and an exalted idea of platonic female relationship as a union of souls
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Katherine Philips
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Who wrote" A Married State"
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Katherine Philips
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Who translated the Iliad and the Odyssey?
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Alexander Pope
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Who wrote the Rape of the Lock
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Alexander Pope
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