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37 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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Is a story using symbols
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Alliteration
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The repetition of the same consonant sounds. E.g Kara Kimberly
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Antagonist
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The character who works against the main character (good person)
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Allusion
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A reference to Greek mythology, history, or a literary work
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Apostrophe
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Words addressed to an inanimate object as if it were a alive or to an absent person as if he were there
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Aside
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Said to ones self to portray real thoughts to the audience. What the character is thinking.
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Cavalier Poets
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Focused on beauty and love
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Characterization
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The portrayal of the imaginary persons who carry out the action of the plot in a novel or story
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Static Character
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Character which remains unchanged throughout a literary work
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Dynamic Character
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Character which changed throughout a literary.
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Comedy
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A play that ends happily; the events are trivial, everyday details of life; the characters are ordinary men rather than kings or nobles; the themes deal with man's imperfections vices, and weaknesses
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Conceit
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An elaborate comparison of two things which superficially have little in common.
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Epic
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A long, narrative poem based on a series of heroic adventures that are important to the advancement of a certain race or country
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Kenning
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Metaphorical, compound words or phrases that refer to persons, places, or things. Kennings are a characteristic of Anglo-Saxon poetry
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Idykk
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A brief picture, sketch or scene
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Imagery
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The use of words which appeal to the senses
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Metaphor
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An implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another
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Metaphysical Poets
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Focused on the eternal and spiritual
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Miracle Play
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A medieval play founded on the legend of a saint or on a miracle performed by a saint. Based on a legend
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Morality Play
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A dramatic allegory in which the vices and virtues wage for thepossesssion of the human soul. For example, characters like Charity, Truth, the World, Flesh, and the Devil came on the stage in the form of people.
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Novel
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A type of extended prose fiction. The word novel means new.
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Onomatopoeia
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Using words that sound like what they mean. E.g Boom, zip, pop
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Paradox
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A truth expressed in the form of an apparent contradiction
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Personification
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A comparison in which human qualities are given to an inanimate object or animal
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Protagonist
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A hero who is usually in conflict with the antagonist.
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Satire
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The ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it.
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Scop
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Word shapers
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Simile
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A comparison using like or as
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Soliloquy
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A speech done by a lone character on the stage
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Sonnet
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A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with a definite pattern of two basic varieties, English and Latin.
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Units in order of the book
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Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Elizabeth, Puritans
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Five properties of Anglo-Saxon Literature
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Freedom, Fate, Woman, Nature, and Glory
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Who brought the printing press to England?
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William Caxton
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Who defeated Harold and when?
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William the Conqueror 1066
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What was the Elizabethan age also know as?
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Tudor Age
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What are the lines before a break on English and Italian
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Eng. 4444
Italian 86 |
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The line of Tudors
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Henry, Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth
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