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2nd Periodic Test (Redo) Flashcards

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1
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Flowering of poetry, golden age of drama, scientific discoveries, cultural achievements

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Elizabethan Period

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Golden age of literature

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The Renaissance Period

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2
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His birthdate is often recognized to be on

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April 23, 1564

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2
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English poet, playwright, and actor

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William Shakespeare

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3
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Married who and at what age

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Anne Hathaway (age 26) at 18 years old

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4
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how many children

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3 children

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Names of the children

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Susanna, Judith, Hamnet

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6
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who were the twins

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judith and hamnet

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7
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what age did hamnet die

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11

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8
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How many plays did he write

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38 plays

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9
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How many poems did he write

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2 narrative poems

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How many sonnets did he make

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154 sonnets

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11
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Name his famous works

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Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Sonnet 18, Merchant of Venice

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12
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repetition of similar sounds at the end of words

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rhyme

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13
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Type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm

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Poem

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14
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rhyme is in the same line

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Internal rhyme

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15
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rhyme is at the end of each line

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End rhyme

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16
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1st and 3rd lines rhyme, while 2nd and 4th also rhyme

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Alternate rhyme

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17
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pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem,

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Rhyme scheme

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18
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number of feet in a line

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meter

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19
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unStressed syllable

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U

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19
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Stressed syllable

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/

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19
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1 unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed syllable

( u / u / u )

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Iamb

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2 unstressed syllables followed by 1 stressed syllable

( u u / u u / )

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Anapest

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21
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1 stressed syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable

( / u / u / )

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Trochee

22
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1 stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllables

( / u u / u u )

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Dactyl

23
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Lyric poem with 14 lines.

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Sonnet

24
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4 subgroups

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Shakesperean

25
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2 subgroups

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Petrarchan and Miltonic

26
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Rhyming Scheme of shakesperean

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ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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Rhyming Scheme of Petrarchan

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ABBA ABBA CDECDE CDCD

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Rhyming Scheme of Miltonic

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ABBA ABBA or CDE CDE

29
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Types of sonnet

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Shakesperean, Petrarchan, Miltonic

30
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A tragedy play by William Shakespeare

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romeo and juliet

31
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tendency to act without thinking

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Impulsivity

32
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when was romeo and juliet published

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year 1597

33
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Two feuding families

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Montagues and Capulets

34
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Daughter to Capulet

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Juliet

35
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Son to Montague

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romeo

36
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helped them get married

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friar lawrence

37
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Juliet’s cousin

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Tybalt

38
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Romeo’s friend,

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Mercurio

39
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the one Juliet was arranged to get married with.

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Paris

40
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describe or modify nouns or pronouns.

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adjectives

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Adjectives that modify nouns and qualities such as size, shape, and appearance.

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Descriptive Adjectives

42
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They help define words by restricting or limiting a noun or pronoun.

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Limiting Adjectives

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Types of Limiting Adjectives

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Articles, Quantitative, Demonstrative, Possessive, Interrogative

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a, an, the

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Articles

45
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modifies noun by indicating any quantity of countable or uncountable nouns

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Quantitative

46
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tell which one (These, That, This, Those)

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Demonstrative

47
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modifies a noun by asking (what, which, whose)

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Interrogative

48
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sits before a noun.

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Possessive

49
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Describes a noun BUT they are based on names or proper nouns

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Proper Adjectives

50
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Degrees of comparison

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Positive, Comparative, Superlative

51
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Two compared subjects aren’t equal to each other

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Comparative

52
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A person/thing has the highest degree of quality within the given group.

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Superlative

53
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Two compared subjects are equal

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Positive

54
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Order of adjectives

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Determiner
Quantity
Opinion/quality
Size
Shape
Age
Color
Origin
Material
Purpose

55
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2 subgroups, 1 octave, 1 sestet

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Petrarchan

56
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2 subgroups, 1 octave

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Miltonic

57
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4 subgroups, 3 quatrains, 1couplet

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Shakespearean

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