Archive Lit Terms Flashcards
Catharsis
Purging of feelings in a tragedy
Apostrophe
Addressing someone who is not present
Examples of catharsis from this semester
- Macbeth
- Faustus
- Oedipus Rex
Invocation
Apostrophe to a god or a muse
If it could be an apostrophe or an invocation, Mrs. Hansen likes ________.
Invocation
Examples of metaphysical conceits from this semester
Forbidding Mourning (a compass) The Flea (the yuck)
Mock heroic
A form of satire in which petty characters and trivial events are presented with the ceremony of an epic in order to make them ridiculous
Examples of mock heroics from this semester
Nun’s Priest Tale
Rape of The Lock
Parable
Short narrative that exemplifies religious truths and insights
Examples of a parable from this semester
Gawain and The Green Knight
Pastoral
Poem dealing with rural life
Examples of pastorals from this semester
- Passionate Shepherd to His Love
- To The Virgins
Volta
Shift or break in thought in a Petrarchan sonnet
