English Flashcards
Computer-mediated communication tool for language learning.
video conferencing platforms
Intended meaning that is not explicitly stated
implicature
Most effective for developing student’s note taking skills
listening to lecture and outlining the key ideas
Mythological bird is known for its ability to rise from its ashes
phoenix
Typically depicted as female winged beings with the upper body of a woman and the lower body and wings of a bird
harpy
Enormous bird of prey, typically with the ability to carry off and devour elephants
roc
Legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle
griffin
Act of identifying the sources of information or quotes used in an article
attribution
Instructional strategies that make up the art of science of knowledge
pedagogy
Herald and messenger of the Olympian Gods
hermes
God of War
Aries/Mars
Utterance that performs an action or that has an impact in a situation merely by its utterance is known as
Illocutionary act
The effect of saying something
perlocutionary act
Five pairs of syllables, where each pair consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
Iambic pentameter
Act of saying something
locutionary act
Speech act that is performed successfully, meaning that it achieves its intended purpose
felicitous act
Language influences the way we think and perceive the world
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Main cause is the spread of global languages
language death
Had they arrived earlier, they would have caught the train
conditional perfect tense
Emphasizes the role of communities and grassroots initiative in language revitalization
bottom-up
Development and standardization of a language
corpus
Used to promote the use of the language in different domains, such as education, government and the media
status
Consists of four trochees per line with stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
trochaic
shakespeare’s shortest play
the comedy of errors
how do i love thee
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
george elliot
mary ann evans
william sydney porter
o henry
gift of the magi
o henry
the metamorphosis
franz kafka
jane eyre
charlotte bronte
weathering heights
emily bronte
george orwell
eric blaire
animal farm
george orwell
stream of consciousness
virgina wolf
father of english literature
chaucer
father of english poetry
chaucer
father of essay
montaigne
a christmas carol
charles dickens
first asian to receive the nobel prize for literature
Rabindranath Tagore
plot development of ramayana
linear
Filial piety is a basic tenet of this school of thought.
confucian
ethical concept that suggests a sense of obligation or indebtedness which explains the sense of patriotism and nationalism of the japanese
giri
The South African novelist and short story writer whose major themes are on exile and alienation, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.
nadine gordimer
This novel is based on the pilgrimage of the Bhuddist monk Xuangzang to India in search of sacred texts
Journey to the West
Fine arts and literature flourished during this dynasty which is viewed as the Golden Age of Chinese civilization.
Tang
The Hindu belief that life is an illusion is ___
maya
leading figure of negritude movement
leopold senghor
What is the title of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s ‘Tale of Horror’?
Frankenstein
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”
Pride and Prejudice
In what Shakespearean play do the following lines appear? What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! In form and moving, how express and admirable!
Hamlet
Which novel by Thomas hardy begins with the hero selling his wife and daughter to a sailor who is on his way to Canada?
The Mayor of Casterbridge
In the following dialogue, what Filipino value is affirmed by Mario’s statement? Gloria: So, for a measly apple, you lost a
job you needed so much -
Mario: I wouln’t mind losing a thousand jobs for an apple for my daughter!
Parental sacrifice for children
Who did Abraham Lincoln call “the little woman who started the Civil War”?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
first science fiction novel
frankenstein
What was the first book in the Harry Potter series?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
On what novel is the film Slumdog Millionaire based?
Q&A
mrs. dalloway
virgina wolf
The pilgrims progress
john bunyan
Where was Victor Hugo buried?
Pantheon
What is common among the places mentioned in the poem “GRASS” by Carl Sandburg ?
they used to be war zones
paradise lost
john milton
Who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature?
toni morrison
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Minister’s Black Veil, what does the minster refer to as “an hour come. . . When all of us shall cast aside our veils”?
judgement day
What does Sanburg’s “The Grass” clear suggest?
deaths in war are often forgotten
In wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, whom does Heathcliff marry ?
Isabella
Whitman’s “When I heard the Learn’ d Astronomer,’’ shows the science is -
limited
What main point does Macleish make about poetry in “Ars Poetica”?
” A poem should be palpable and mute
Silent as a globe fruit “
Poetry should be concrete or tangible
In “ because I Could not Stop for Death,” Dickinson compares death to -
a patient gentleman
What doea the speaker mean in the ff. lines?
“ Let’s so persevere
That when we live no more, we may live l ever”
From to My Dear and loving husband
By Anne Bradstreet.
Let’s be true to our love, and we will be joined in eternity.
In “From Sinners in the hands of an Angry God,” what will unrepentant singers experience?
God’s wrath
Qualities or values does longfellow’s “A Psalm of life” promote?
optimism
What does the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London strongly suggest about nature?
Nature is a dangerous force that humans should respect.
Phoenix Jackson’s journey in “A worn Path” symbolizes.?
the habits of love
The persona in the ff. Lines could be characterize as
“ Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
strong
mending wall
robert frost
In which poems did percy Bysshe Shelley blame the critics for John keats’ early death?
adonais
What does the speaker celebrate in “ The Soul Selects her own Society”?
“ The soul selects her own society,
Then shuts the door
On her devine majority
Obtrude no more.
self imposed isolation
What Novel is summarized in the passage below?
The story begins with a doctor who books a passge aboard a ship that leaves from Bristol for the south Seas. Northwest of Van Diemen’s Land, the ship is wrecked in a sudden storm.
The hero manages to swim ashore where he falls asleep on the beach. Here he is taken prisoner by the natives - short people all of them.
guilliver’s travel by jonatahan swift
Will thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark
The period the fearful hollow of thine ear:
Nightly she sings on your pomegranate tree:
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale
Romeo and Juliet
After vowing to avoid women, the King and three of his friends have to host a princess and her three ladies. The four men fall in love and decide to court the women. In the end, the women must return to their kingdom for a year after which they will marry the king and his friends, providing they remain true to them.
Love Labour’s Lost by Shakespeare
What is the artificial language used in George orwell’s 1984.
newspeak
Who among the ff. Fun writer admitted, “Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.”
james thurber
What figure of speech is exemplified in the ff. Lines from Shakepeare’s As You Like it’?
“ Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou are not so unkind as man’s ingratitude”
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