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123 Cards in this Set
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In what work will you find the characters: Puck, Oberon, Hermia, Lysander
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A Mid Summer Nights Dream- William Shakespeare
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In What work will you find the characters: Cordelia, Goneril, Reagan?
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King Lear- William Shakespeare
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What type of language is used in The Canterbury Tales?
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Middle English
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What is Old English?
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Earliest form of English(400-1150 AD). Special word endings showing relationships. Backwards wording
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What is Middle English?
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Came after Old English, Speech of the common man. more modern word order. Softened the sounds of words from Old English.
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What Happens in the Nuns Priest Tale of Canterbury Tales?
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Nun Tells story of a fox who tricks a rooster in order to eat it, but is then tricked by the rooster into letting him go.
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What type of poetry did John Donne, George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell write?
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Metaphysical Poetry
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What type of poetry did John Dryden & Alexander Pope write?
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Augustan Poetry
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What is a Petrarchan Sonnet?
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Poetry Written in 14 lines broken up into a groups of 8 and 6 lines.
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What is a group of 8 lines in Sonnet?
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An Octave
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What is a group of 6 lines in a Sonnet?
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A Sestet
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Who wrote: The Faerie Queene, The Shepards Calender, Amoretti?
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Edmund Spenser
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What kind of Poets are: Robert Herrick, Sir John Suckling, Richard Lovelace?
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Cavalier Poets
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What were the Pre-Raphaelites?
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19th Century Poets and Painters who emphasized the medieval revival and opposed more modern thoughts and forms of art.
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Who Wrote Morte d'Arthur?
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Sir Thomas Malory
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What is Morte d'Arthur?
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Collection of stories about King Athur and the Knights of the Round Table. Specifically Arthur Removing excallibur from the stone when he was a boy.
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What two authors were famous for Stream of Consciousness writing?
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James Joyce and Virginia Woolf
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Who Wrote the first dictionary?
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Samuel Johnson
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Who Wrote Pilgrims Progress?
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John Bunyan
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What Writer often wrote about Orphans?
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Charles Dickens.
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Who Wrote Mrs. Dalloway, and To the Light House?
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Virginia Woolf
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Who is the writer who is originally from New Zealand?
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Katherine Mansfield.
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In the Canterbury Tales what is the Millers Tale Considered?
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A Fabliaux
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Who Wrote Frankenstein?
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Mary Shelley
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Story of an Orphan Girl who grows up to be a.....?
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Jane Eyre
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Robinson Crusoe is written by?
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Daniel Dafoe (Excerpt about seeing the native peoples footprints)
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In Memoriam was written by?
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Tennyson, in response to his friends death.
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What is Pygmalion about?
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About a man who tries to turn a flower girl into a refined citizen by teaching her to speak properly Etc.
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What Poet wrote "Rape of the lock" "The Dunciad" "Epistle to Arbuthnot"
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Alexander Pope
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Who Wrote "To his coy mistress" a "carpe diem" poem
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Andrew Marvell
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Shakespeare Excerpt about "Mercy"
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Merchant of Venice
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Milton Excerpt- (Satan falling from heaven) Who is being talked about?
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Satan
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Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
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English Poet (1340-1400) Served 3 english kings in governmental positions. Most famous work "The Canterbury Tales" about 30 travelers making a pilgrimage ( written in verse and prose of various meter)
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Who is Sir Thomas Malory?
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15th Century English Author of Morte d'Arthur- Story of king arthur and the knights of the round table. Wrote prose with natural rhythm of speech
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Who is Katherine Mansfield?
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Originally born in New Zealand (1888-1923) first english writer to show the influence of Anton Chekhov, short story writer, used stream of consciousness.
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Who is Edmund Spenser?
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English Poet (C.1552-1599) Most famous work Faerie Queene.
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Who is William Makepeace Thackeray?
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Prominent English Novelist of the Victorian Era (1811-1863) Most famous works: Vanity Fair, Pendennis, The History of Henry Esmond, The Newcomes.
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Who are considered the "First Modern Novelists"?
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George Eliot (Mary ann evans- writing under a male pen name) and Anthony Trollope
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Who is Joseph Conrad?
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Polish Born English novelist. Most famous work: Lord Jim, Youth. Nostromo, Under western eyes, The secret agent.
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Who Is Virginia Woolf?
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Stream of consciousness novelist (1882-1941) Most famous work: Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse
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Who is William Wordsworth?
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English Poet who along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge changed the way poetry was written. Wrote Lyrical Ballads. Most famous Poem: The Prelude- an autobiography about his poetic mind.
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Who is Samuel Coleridge?
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English Poet(1772-1834) and collaborator of Wordsworth on Lyrical Ballads.
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What is Terza Rima?
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a rhyming verse stanza form that consists of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme.
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"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,
The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest" |
What does the Author Mean By "Isthmus"- :Isthmus- literall meaning a narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land with water on either side( land bridge)
Who Wrote the Passage- Alexander Pope |
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Wandering between two worlds, one dead
The other powerless to be born, With nowhere yet to rest my head Like these, on earth I wait forlorn. |
Written by Mathew Arnold- British Poet and Critic the lines come from " Stanzas from the Grand Charteruse"
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Who are Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn?
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Famous Diarists
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Who is Francis Bacon?
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British Philisophical essayist- one of the first philosophers to write in english. (Wrote on marriage, single life and how to succeed and become wealthy)
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In what work will you find characters named: Yahoos, liliputians, and Laputans
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Gullivers Travels- English Satirist prose written by Jonathan Swift.
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In what novel will you find the character: Uriah Heep?
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David Copperfield- Charles Dickens Story of poverty stricken boy who finds success as a writer
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Who is John Keats?
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Romantic Poet who died at the age of 25. Famous poems- Endymion remembered for the line "A thing of Beauty is a Joy forever" Also famous for his Odes' (6) most famous ode- Ode to a grecian urn.
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Who is Christina Rosetti?
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English Poet most famous for her poem Goblin Market
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Put in Chronological order: Joseph Andrews, Woman in White, Room with a view.
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Joseph Andrews-1742
Woman in White-1859 Room with a view- 1908 |
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In what literary work will you find the quote "But on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore"?
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The Faerie Queene- By Edmund Spenser
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What is the suject of "Room of One's Own" by Virgina Woolf?
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The History of Women and Writing.
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Who are The Rosetti's?
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A family of poets, Authors, Critics, and artists. (Poet-Christina, Critic-William, Author-Maria) Dante Gabriel Rosetti is the founder of the Pre- Raphelite movement
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Who is John Gay?
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An 18th Century Dramatist, famous for writing the first ballad opera-the precursor to the modern musical comedy.
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Who is Dorothy Osborne?
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British Writer famous for writing letters. Also known as Lady Temple
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Who is Thomas Hardy?
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One of the Early Modern Poets who helped shape 20th Century Poetry. Famous for his dark themes of human alienation.
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Who is Robert Burns?
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A romantic period Poet most famous for writing satires, songs, and some longer poems. "Holy willie's Prayer" "A red, red rose" "Tam o' shanter" respectively
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In what Shakespeare play was the main character ordered by the ghost of his father to kill his uncle?
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Hamlet
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In what Shakespeare play is the main character tricked into thinking his fiance is unfaithful?
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Much Ado about nothing
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In what Shakespeare play do fairy's play a role in uniting 3 couples?
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A mid summer nights dream
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In what shakespeare play does the main character co-sign a loan for his friend with 1lb. of his own flesh.
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The Merchant of Venice
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What Shakespeare play does a powerful magician, Fomer duke of milan, causes his enemies to shipwreck on an island?
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The Tempest
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In what shakespeare play do two young lovers from rival families marry in secret but tragically die, reconciling their families?
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Romeo& Juliet
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In what Shakespeare play is the main character inspired by the prophecy of 3 witches, murders his way to the throne.
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Macbeth
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In what Shakespeare play does the antagonist seek revenge by splitting up a couple, enraging the protagonist to the point of killing his wife, then taking his own life.
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Othello
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In what Shakespeare play does a king split his kingdom up among 2 of his 3 daughters, bringing ruin to the kingdom.
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King Lear
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Who is Joseph Rudyard Kipling?
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English short-story, poet and novelist (1865-1936) Famous works: The jungle book & the man who would be king.
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Who is george Orwell?
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Novelist most famous for writing that painted bleak pictures of the intrinsic cruelty of humans and the terrible effects that could cause in an extreme bureaucratic society. Most famous for works: Animal Farm, 1984
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Who is Sir William Golding?
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A novelist who wrote on topics similar to Orwell. Most Famous for : Lord of the flies & The inheritors.
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What is a Sonnet?
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a 14 line rhythmic poem written in Iambic Pentameter.
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What is a Lyric Poem?
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Brief poem that expresses personal emotions and thoughts of a single speaker.
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What is Eye Rhyme?
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Words that look alike but do not rhyme.
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What is a quatrain?
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A 4 line stanza. The most common in english language.
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What is a Hexameter?
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6 Feet
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What is enjambment?
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When one line ends without pause and continues into the next line for meaning
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Meter in Poetry is written as...?
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Name of foot (Iambic) + Line length (Pentameter)
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What is personification?
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When a writer makes a thing, idea, or animal do something only humans can do
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What is an Elegy?
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Mournful contemplative lyric poem written to commemorate someone who is dead, often ending in consolation
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What is Irony?
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Literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different than what appears to be true.
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What is Blank Verse?
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Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter.
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What is Free verse?
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Poems categorized by nonconformity to established patterns, meter, rhyme, and stanzas. Usually not rhyming
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What is a ballad?
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Traditionally a song transmitted orally over the years that tells a story and is eventually written down.
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What is a refrain?
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a repeated part of a poem, typically at the end of a stanza or between a stanza.
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What is a sestet?
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A group of 6 lines
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What is a Dramatic monologue?
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lyric poem where speaker addresses distinct but silent audience.
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What is a Hyperbole?
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A boldly exaggerated statement such as " He ate everything in the house"
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What is an Ode?
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An ode is a lengthy lyric poem that expresses lofty emotion in a dignified style characterized by serious topics such as truth, art, freedom, justice, or the meaning of life.
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What is an off rhyme?
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When the sounds of words are almost right not not exactly. ( Home& Same)
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What is Meter?
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Determined by the type and number of feet in a verse.
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what is an Epic Poem?
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Long narrative poem told in a formal, elevated style. usually on a serious subject like heroic deeds and events.
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What is a couplet?
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Two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have similar meter.
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What is a Shakespearian sonnet?
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Lyric form of poetry consisting of 14 lines usually written in Iambic Pentameter. broken into 3 quatrains and a heroic couplet
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What is alliteration?
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
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What is Allusion?
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Reference to another work or famous figure.
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What is an Analogy?
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Comparison usually involving two or more symbolic parts.
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What is an Anecdote?
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A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or event.
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What is an Antihero?
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A protagonist who is the opposite of a hero in all aspects of his person.
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What is apostrophe?
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An address to someone not present or to a personified object or idea.
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What is an Aside?
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speech made by a character in a play directed at the audience as if they were stepping out of the play momentarily
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What is assonance?
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Repeated use of vowel sounds such as "old king cole was a merry old soul"
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What is a conceit?
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refers to a startling or unusual metaphor, or to a metaphor developed and expanded upon over several lines.
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What is Diction?
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Authors choice of words such as " Cried Vs. Wept"
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What is Syntax?
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The authors choice of word order and structure of the writing.
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What is a Dirge?
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A song for the dead
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What is a Doggerel?
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Crude or simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme.
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What is Dramatic Irony?
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When the audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not/
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What is a Foil?
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a secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of the main character by being very different ( Sherlock&Watson)
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What is Foreshadowing?
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an event or statement in a narrative that suggests a larger event that will come later
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What does implicit mean?
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To suggest or imply but never say directly.
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What is a melodrama?
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a cheesy form of theatre in which each character(hero, villain,maiden) are accentuated to the extreme
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What is Metonym?
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A word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or associated with such as Head of cattle Vs. a herd of 50 cows
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What is onomatopoeia?
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Words that sound like what they mean. BOOM, SPLAT
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What is a parable?
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like a fable or allegory, a story which instructs
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What is a Parody?
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when a specific work is exaggerated to ridiculousness
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What is a soliloquy?
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a speech spoken by a character alone on stage. meant to convey message that audience is listening but unlike an aside its not meant to acknowledge the audiences presence.
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What is a Satire?
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Exposes common character flaws. In general meant to improve things by pointing out characters mistakes in the hope that once exposed will become less common.
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What is Symbolism?
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a literary device where an object represents an idea.
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What is a heroic couplet?
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Rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter
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What is Existentialism?
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philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness of isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe.
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What is Transcendentalism?
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literary and philosophical movement associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson, asserting the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends the empirical and scientific and is knowable through intuition.
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What is Juxtapose?
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Place or deal with close together words for dramatic effect i.e Black and white
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