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