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13 Cards in this Set
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What did Washington Irving write?
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"The devil and Tom Walker"
"Rip Van Winkle" "Legends of Sleepy Hollow" |
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What is a FOLKTALE?
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1. Prose narrative
2. Follows traditional storylines 3. The original author is unknown (Devil and Tom Walker is ex.) |
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What did James Fenimore Cooper write?
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The Deerslayer which is from The Leatherstocking Tales (5 novels)
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Who is Natty Bumpo?
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OUr first western hero; he symbollically embelishes the west and dies when it is no longer a mystery.
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what is an usurer
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They lend money and charge high interest rates
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How is Faust similar to Tom Walker?
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They both sell their soals to the devil
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What is a Masque?
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A dramatic entertainment, usually performed by masked players representing mythological or allegorical characters.
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What is Allegory?
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A narrative in which characters or objects are equated with meanings outside the narrative itself
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What is End Rhyme?
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occurs at the end of a line of verse
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What is Internal Rhyme?
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When two or more words rhyme within a single line of verse.
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what is alliteration
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Repetition of similar consonant sounds
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What is Assonance
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Repetition of similar vowel sounds
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What is consonance
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Repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels.
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