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fiction |
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| bard or poet |
scop |
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| long, narrative, fictional prose of more than 30,000 to 40,000 words, containing subplots and sub-themes |
novel |
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Hope springs eternal in the human breat:
Man never is, but always to be blest." |
Pope |
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"A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring." |
Pope |
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| "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" |
Pope |
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"Good nature and good sense must join;
To err is human, to forgive, divine." |
Pope |
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| author of the first novel |
Samuel Richardson |
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| metaphysical poet |
John Donne |
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| year the King James Bible was commissioned |
1611 |
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| what caused the growth of cities |
Industrial Revolution |
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| 1798 |
Publication of Lyrical Ballads,
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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| lost the 13 colonies |
George III |
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| removal of King James II |
Glorious Revolution |
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| patron saint of music and inventor of pipe organ |
St. Cecilia |
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| a medieval verse narrative chronicling the adventures of a brave knight or other hero who must undertake a quest and overcome great danger for the love of a noble lady or high ideal |
romance |
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| a larger-than-life figure who usually has mysterious origins and in the course of his life performs extraordinary deeds with the aid of magical forces |
romance hero |
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| making fiction appear true |
verisimilitude |
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| long, narrative of eerie stories with mystery, castles, and the supernatural |
gothic novels |
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| greatest English ruler ever |
Elizabeth I |
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| name of Shakespeare's acting company |
King's Men/Players
Lord Chamberlain's Acting Company |
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| rhyme within one line of poetry |
internal rhyme |
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| Swift's masterpiece |
Gulliver's Travels |
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| collection of the most intelligent minds |
Royal Society of London for the Promotion of Knowledge |
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| an analysis of literature |
literary criticism |
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| First novel written |
Pamela |
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| economic policy of non-intervention of the government |
laissez faire |
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| high-paying, government jobs with little work involved |
sinecure |
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| story |
narrative |
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| work written in crude shorthand |
Samuel Pepys Diary |
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| only non-monarchy English ruler |
Oliver Cromwell |
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| a type of poem that depicts rustic life in idyllic terms |
pastoral |
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| piece of work in which one small, harmless incident creates a catastrophe |
mock epic |
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| location of the Wooden O |
Thames River, London |
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| first point of action in a story |
initial incident |
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| low quality, salable writing |
hack work |
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Father of English
1. poetry
2. short story
3. novel
4. literature |
Chaucer |
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| lines or words that are repeated at regular intervals |
refrain |
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| martyr under the reign of Henry II |
Thomas a Becket |
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| the repetition of initial sounds |
alliteration |
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| searching a poem for it's rhyme scheme |
scan/scansion |
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| line of Elizabeth I |
Stuart |
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| line of Henry VII |
Tudor |
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| tall blonde warriors of Great Britain |
Celts |
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| poem of intensity of intellect, self-conscious invention, and bold emotion |
metaphysical poetry |
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| a pause or break within a line of poetry, usually indicated by the natural rhythm of language |
caesura |
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| a song or songlike poem that tells a story |
ballad |
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| a characteristic that cause the downfall of the tragic hero |
tragic flaw |
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| using words that sound like their meaning |
onomatopoeia |
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| a cutting remark intended for a purpose |
sarcasm |
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| the uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in the story |
suspense |
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| 4 names for the collection of Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and England |
Great Britain
British Commonwealth
British Isles
United Kingdom |
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| the most complete collection of stories concerning the legend of King Arthur |
Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory |
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| Monarchs who replaced James II after the Glorious revolution |
William (Duke of Orange) and Mary |
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| George I, II, and III belonged to this line |
Hanovers |
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| one who makes dictionaries |
lexicographer |
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| The upper and lower houses of Parliament |
House of Lords
House of Commons |
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| plays about vises and virtues |
morality plays |
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| plays about saints |
miracle plays |
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| plays about the Bible |
mystery plays |
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| the ridiculing of man's foilbles |
satire |
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| false name |
pseudonym
pen name
nom de plume |
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| a story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts |
allegory |
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| the vantage point from which a story is being told |
point of view
1. 1st person limited
2. 1st person omniscient
3. 3rd person |
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| year Globe Theatre was built |
1599 |
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| nickname for Globe Theatre |
the Wooden O |
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| Shakespeare's birthplace |
Stratford on Avon |
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| the lowest of Shakespeare's audience |
pennystinkers/groundlings |
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| fake character the author pretends to be |
persona |
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| addressing someone/thing as if they were present, even though they're not |
apostrophe |
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| 3 qualities that make Shakespeare the greatest writer ever |
1. effective use of the English language
2. insight to human nature
3. versatility |
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| What was the name of Shakespeare's wife? |
Anne Hathaway |
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| a literary work in which the main character comes to an unhappy end |
tragedy |
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| a brief account of the plot |
synopsis |
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| year the Magna Carta was signed |
1215 |
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| six lines of poetry grouped together |
sestet |
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| time and place of a story |
setting |
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| an introductory narrative within which one or more of the characters proceed to tell a story |
frame story |
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| repetition of vowel sounds |
assonance |
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| repetition of consonant sounds |
consonance |
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| main character in a tragedy |
tragic hero |
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| quality that makes Shakespeare the greatest writer ever |
universality |
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| a moment of sudden insight or revelation that a character experiences |
epiphany |
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| exaggerated/slapstick comedy |
farce |
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| using a small part to represent a whole |
synecdoche |
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| years of Shakespeare's life |
1564-1616 |
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| personal account of feelings, impressions, and events |
diary |
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| In Anglo-Saxon poetry, a metaphorical phrase or compound word used to name a person, place, thing, or even indirectly |
kenning |
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| another name for atmosphere |
mood |
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| the mood or feeling in a literary work |
atmosphere |
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| type of lyric poem on a serious subject |
ode |
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| idea the author is trying to convey |
theme |
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| extreme exaggeration |
hyperbole |
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| a long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses his or her private thoughts or feelings |
soliloquy |
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| a character who sets off another character by strong contrast |
foil |
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| sequence of events |
plot |
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| the insertion of a past event into the present time |
flashback |
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| central figure in a long narrative that reflects the values and heroic ideals of a particular society |
epic hero |
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| the force opposing the main character |
antagonist |
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| the main character that has a force opposing him |
protagonist |
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| turning point in a story |
climax |
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| part of the end of a story that brings the plot to a close |
resolution |
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| french term for "resolution" |
denouement |
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| the sequence of events after the climax that lead to the resolution |
falling action |
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| another term for rising action |
complications |
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| complications leading up to the climax of a story |
rising action |
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| a sentence that grabs the audience's attention and makes them want to read more |
narrative hook |
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| the introduction where the author introduces the character and setting |
exposition |
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| private words that a character in a play speaks to the audience or to another character that are not supposed to be overheard by others onstage |
aside |
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| the use of a person, place, thing, or event to stand for something beyond it |
symbolism |
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| a day-to-day record of events and personal impressions kept by and individual |
journal |
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| What are the five kinds of conflict? |
Man vs.
1. man
2. nature
3. self
4. society
5. God/fate |
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| a character's struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within the character |
internal conflict |
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| a characters' struggle against some outside force |
external conflict |
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| a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions |
conflict |
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| quality of work that makes the audience feel pity for a character |
pathos |
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| "Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man." |
--Sir Francis Bacon, "Of Studies" |
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| "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested" |
--Sir Francis Bacon, "Of Studies" |
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| "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace, from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way of dusty death. Out, out brief candle! Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage, then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble." |
--The Weird Sisters
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"What, all my pretty chickens and their dam
At one fell swoop?" |
--Macduff
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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| "We are yet but young in deed." |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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| "Blood will have blood" |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Naught's had, all's spent,
Where our desire is got without content:" |
--Lady Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown
And put a barren scepter in my gripe" |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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| "What's done is done." |
--Lady Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"I had thought to
have let in some of all professions that go the primrose way
to th' everlasting bonfire." |
--Porter
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"My hands are of your color, but I shame
To wear a heart so white." |
--Lady Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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| "A little water clears us of this deed." |
--Lady Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red." |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Th' attempt and not the deed
Confounds us." |
--Lady Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell." |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?" |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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| "False face must hide what the false heart doth know." |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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| "Might be the be-all and the end-all." |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue: look like th' innocent flower,
But be the serpent under't." |
--Lady Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Unsex me here,
And fill me, from crown to toe, top full
Of direst cruelty!" |
--Lady Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"Yet do I fear they nature;
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way." |
--Lady Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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| "Come what, come may." |
--Macbeth
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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| "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." |
--The Weird Sisters
--William Shakespeare, Macbeth |
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"The trumpet shall be hard on high,
The dead shall live, the living die,
And Music shall untune the sky." |
--John Dryden, "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day" |
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| "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" |
--William Shakespeare, Sonnet |
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| "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a-flying: and this same flower that smiles today tomorrow will be dying." |
Robert Herrick
"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" |
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| "Drink to me only with thine eyes, and I will pledge with mine." |
Ben Jonson
"Song: To Ceila" |
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| "I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honor more." |
Richard Lovelace
"To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars" |
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| "Sweetest love, I do not go for weariness of thee." |
John Donne
"Song" |
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| "No man is an island, entire of itself; everyman is a piece of the continent, a part of the main." |
John Donne
"Meditation 17" |
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| "And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." |
John Donne
"Meditation 17" |
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| "Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so." |
John Donne
"Death Be Not Proud" |
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| "it's not what you know, it's who you know" |
Sir Francis Bacon
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| "knowledge is power" |
Sir Francis Bacon
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| What are other names for the King James Bible? |
"Authorized Version"
"English Bible" |
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| "They also serve who only stand and wait." |
John Milton
"His Blindness" |
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| "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." |
John Milton
Paradise Lost |
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| "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" |
John Milton
Paradise Lost |
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| The Tribe/Sons of Ben were __________ poets. |
cavalier |
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| Who participated in the English Civil War? |
Roundheads vs. Cavaliers |
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| 14 lines of iambic pentameter with a particular rhyme scheme |
sonnet |
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| shift in meaning |
volta |
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| eight lines grouped together |
octave |
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| one unit of any meter |
foot |
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| supporters of Parliament |
roundheads |
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| supporters of the king |
cavaliers |
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| Who was the first English printer? |
Caxton |
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| When did the Renaissance begin in Italy? |
14th century |
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| Who is Elizabeth I's mother? |
Anne Boleyn |
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| Who was the "last of the Elizabethans?" |
John Milton |
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| 2 most famous similes in poetry |
love vs. gold
love vs. mathematical compass |
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| poetry with the carpe diem theme |
cavalier poets |
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| Latin for "seize the day!" |
carpe diem |
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| What was John Milton's masterpiece? |
Paradise Lost |
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| Who had 6 wives and created the Church of England/Anglican Church? |
Henry VIII |
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| What is the name of the group that emulates the work of Ben Jonson? |
Tribe of Ben
Sons of Ben |
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| Who was the only English monarch to be executed during his reign? |
Charles I |
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| the revival of classical letters, individualistic and critical spirit, and emphasis on secular concerns |
humanism |
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| What was the first major literary masterpiece of the Renaissance? |
Utopia |
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| brief commentary on a non-technical subject |
essay |
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| dramas with much singing and dancing (elaborate) |
masque |
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| What was the new style of literature in the Renaissance? |
drama |
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| When was the Spanish Armada defeated? |
1558 |
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| Who was Mary Tudor's mother? |
Catherine of Aragon |
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| What was Mary Tudor's nickname? |
"Bloody Mary" |
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| Who was James I of England, the Stuart Monarchy? |
James VI of Scotland |
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| What was the name of Oliver Cromwell's army? |
Ironsides |
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| Renaissance was the reawakening interest of classical ________ and _________ cultures. |
Greek
Roman |
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| What are the characteristics of the Renaissance? |
1. more emphasis on secular than religion
2. emphasis on individual and human potential
3. revolt against authority
4. expansion of knowledge |
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| What is the significance of the year 1660? |
restoration of the monarchy |
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| What is the significance of the year 1485? |
-the end of the War of Roses
-crowning of Henry Tudor (Henry VII) |
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| What was Thomas More's greatest work? |
Utopia |
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| Who invented the printing press? |
Johannes Gutenberg |
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| Where did the Renaissance begin? |
Italy |
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| What does Renaissance mean? |
"rebirth" |
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| What was the subject matter of original sonnets? |
the love for a beautiful but unobtainable woman |
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| What are the years of the Renaissance? |
1485-1660 |
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| two lines grouped together, written iambic pentameter |
heroic couplet |
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| two lines grouped together |
couplet |
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| a highly intellectualized image |
conceit |
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| Who is the father of the English essay? |
Francis Bacon |
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| what latin phrase means "in the middle of?" |
in medias res |
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| specific parts drawn to conclusion |
inductive reasoning |
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| laments the memory of a dead person or lost thing |
elegy |
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slash Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:06:40 GMT |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
blank verse |
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| a long, narrative poem about a hero who encompasses the values of society |
epic |
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| Latin for "fortunate fall" |
felix culpa |
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| What are the characteristics of classical epics? |
1. begins in medias res
2. used flashback to tell the story
3. invoke the Muse
4. state subject matter
5. epic hero represents culture
6. battle
7. catalogue of characters |
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| Who is famous for writing metaphysical poetry? |
John Donne |
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| What authors tried to emulate the work of Ben Jonson? |
Herrick
Suckling
Lovelace |
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| six lines grouped together |
sestet |
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| When was the translation of the King James Bible commissioned? |
1611 |
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| What dictator ruled England after the execution of Charles I? |
Oliver Cromwell |
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| What years did Elizabeth I reign? |
1558-1603 |
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| What are some nicknames for Elizabeth I? |
Gloriana
The Virgin Queen |
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| Who was the greatest English monarch ever? |
Elizabeth I |
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| Whose return (1660) restored the monarchy to England? |
Charles II |
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| What work, written by Martin Luther, was a protest against authority and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church? It sparked the Protestant Reformation. |
95 theses |
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| repeated syntactical similarities introduced for rhetorical effect |
parallelism/parallel structure |
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| unnatural syntactical arrangement |
inversion/inverted syntax |
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| a short, witty statement that reveals a truth about life |
axiom
epigram
aphorism
adage
proverb
maxim |
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| names for rhyme |
exact
perfect |
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| names for inexact rhyme |
slant
approximate
near
close
imperfect |
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| two unaccented syllables |
pyrrhic |
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| two accented syllables |
spondee |
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| an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables |
dactyl |
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| two unaccented syllables followed by and accented syllable |
anapest |
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| an accented syllable followed by and unaccented syllable |
trochee |
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| an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable |
iamb |
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| abab bcbc cdcd ee |
Spenserian Sonnet rhyme scheme |
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| abab cdcd efef gg |
Shakespearean/Elizabethan/English Sonnet rhyme scheme |
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| abba abba cdecde |
Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet rhyme scheme |
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| 5 feet of meter per line |
pentameter |
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| 4 feet of meter per line |
tetrameter |
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| 3 feet of meter per line |
trimeter |
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| 2 feet of meter per line |
dimeter |
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| 1 foot of meter per line |
monometer |
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| repetition of initial sounds |
alliteration |
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slash Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:57:17 GMT |
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| another name for cast of characters |
dramatist personae |
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slash Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:53:11 GMT |
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| when the audience is aware of something the characters are not |
dramatic irony |
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| a hint of what is to come |
foreshadowing |
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slash Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:53:11 GMT |
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| a statement that at first seems false, but upon later examination turns out to be true |
paradox |
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slash Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:53:11 GMT |
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| the balancing of an idea in one line of poetry |
antithesis |
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slash Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:53:11 GMT |
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| editor's note to the reader |
gloss |
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slash Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:51:26 GMT |
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| an author's attitude toward the reader, subject matter, or atmosphere |
tone |
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| a prime example |
archetype |
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| unit of poetry, often with a rhyme scheme |
stanza |
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| (5) methods of characterization |
1. the character's appearance
2. what the character says
3. what the character does
4. the character's private thoughts
and feelings
5. what others say about the
character and how they react to
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| type or kind |
genre |
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| a repeated quality in literature |
motif |
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| descriptive language used to appeal to the senses |
imagery |
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| when one thing is used to represent another |
symbol |
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| giving human qualities to an inanimate object |
personification |
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| a comparison that states one thing is another |
metaphor |
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| a line with something left out |
elliptical line |
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| (...) used to either indicated that content is mission from a quote or show that a character's speech has trailed off |
ellipsis |
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| when a character gets what he deserves |
poetic justice |
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| a brief story that usually contains a bit of humor |
anecdote |
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| an anecdote in a sermon used to teach a moral lesson |
exemplum |
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| two words placed together that have opposite meanings |
oxymoron |
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| sustained through numerous lines in a poem |
extended metaphor |
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| a phrase that is not meant to be taken literally |
idiom |
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| when a single word has multiple meanings and all are applicable |
pun |
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| a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment |
stereotype |
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| placing two things together that usually aren't related |
juxtaposition |
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| a brief reference to something the author expects the reader to know |
allusion |
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| when the author makes an implication about a character's personality |
indirect characterization |
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| when the author makes a direct statement about a character's personality |
direct characterization |
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| comparison using the words like, as, or than |
simile |
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| author's word choice |
diction |
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| when the author fails to put enough emphasis on something |
understatement |
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| when the unexpected happens |
situational irony |
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| when a character says one thing but means the opposite |
verbal irony |
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| an idea the reader gets without the author actually stating it |
implication |
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| the repeating of a previous line or phrase with a slight variation |
incremental repetition |
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| five units of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable |
iambic pentameter |
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| an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable |
iamb |
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| a group of four lines |
quatrain |
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| words at the ends of lines in poetry having similar sounds |
end rhythm |
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| the pattern of syllables in a line of poetry |
rhythm/meter |
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| a pattern of similar sounds coming at the end of lines in poetry |
rhyme scheme |
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