English Unit 3 vocab Flashcards
Renaissance
- a French word word meaning “rebirth”
- it refers particularly to renewed interest in classical learning-the writing of Ancient Greece and Rome
Humanism
An intellectual movement of the Renaissance that restored the study of the classics and focused on examining human life here and now
Reformation
A series of events where reformers rejected the authority of the pope and the Italian churchmen.
Allegory
A story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts
didactic literature
Literary works that are meant to instruct, give advice, or convey a philosophy or moral message
parallelism
The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the se grammatical structure or that restate a similar idea
Repetition
Return of a word, phrase, stanza, form, line may bring comfort, suggest order, or add special meaning to a piece of literature
Figures of speech
A word or phrase that describe one thing in terms of another, dissimilar, and is not meant to be understood
Sacred
Religious contex
Parable
A brief allegorical story that teaches a moral, or lesson about life
Anecdote
Briefly story usually focuses blunt and to the point, sometimes poetic and obscure
Proverb
A short saying that expresses a common truth or experience, usually about human failings and the ways that people interact with one another
Aphorism
A concise, sometimes witty saying that expresses a principle, truth, or observation about life
Axiom
Statement or proposition that is regarded as being establish, accepted, or self-evidently
Maxim
A brief, direct statement that expresses a basic rule of human conduct or a general truth about human behavior
Metaphor
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things with using a connective word such as like, as than, or resembles
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another
Ryhme
The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
Sonnet
A 14 line lyric poem that conforms to strict patterns of rhythm and rhyme
Italian/ Petrarchan Sonnet
3 parts, and 8 lines section, called the octave, followed by line section
Octave
8 line section
Seats
Six line section
Volta
Transition between the 2 parts, or turn usually found in the 9th line- the beginning of the sestet
Shakespearean Sonnet
English sonnet, with iambic pentameter lines divided into 3 quatrains and couplet with rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Turn
A lines, a shift brought in focus or thought
Quatrains
The 15 lines long uses 3 four line units
Couplet
The final 2 lines
Meter
A rhythmic pattern
Iambic pentameter
Each line consisting of unstressed syllables alternating with 5 stressed syllables
Monologue
A long speech made by one character in a play to another character or audience
Soliloquy
A single character, usually alone onstage speaks directly to the audience about his or private thoughts and feelings
Epigram
A brief, cleverly worded, memorable statement, usually in rhymed verse
Epitaph
An inscription on a tombstone or a commemorative poem written about a person who has died
Parallel structure
The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that restate a similar idea
Discourse
Speech
Sloth
Laziness
Affectation
Artificial behavior designed to impress others
Diligence
Care; carefulness
Impediment
Obstacle; stumbling block
Tone
The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject or a character
