Final Review - First Half Flashcards
What is iambic pentameter
foot of 2 syllables
5 feet total
What is important about “Sir Gammer Vans”
a famous example of a lying tale
What is a rhyme scheme
simple code for the way rhymes/poems work -> start with the first sound (at the end of a line) call it A, and all new sounds (end rhymes) get the following letters
Describe limericks
fairly short 5 line poem, AABBA rhyme scheme, anapaestic meter, generally full of lilting lines and innuendo
What is a paraphrastic hemistich
- paraphrastic = pretty much just paraphrasing
- stich = line in poetry
- hemistitch = half of a line in poetry
- saying one thing, and then paraphrasing it in the second half of the stitch
Describe a lying tale
poem that makes one assertion, but contradicts that assertion (perverted paraphrastic hemistitch)
What are poetry lines, stanzas, and their specific names
line = poetry sentence
stanza = poetry paragraph
couplet = two-line stanza
tercet = three-line stanza
quatrain = four-line stanza
What is an enjambed line
the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next
typically lacks punctuation at its line break, so the reader is carried smoothly and swiftly—without interruption—to the next line of the poem
What is a slant rhyme
some elements of a successful rhyme but not all (ex. horse and house)
What is an internal rhyme
rhyme in the middle of the line
What is lyric poetry, narrative poetry, and dramatic poetry
lyric = expresses a person’s state of mind or attitude
narrative = tells a story
dramatic = used in plays with dramatic action
Explain the presence of “You Are Old Father William” in Alice and Wonderland
the caterpillar chats with and teaches Alice (he asks her to recite “You are old Father William” and she does a nonsense version)
What are four themes in Alice in Wonderland
poetry, repetition, pedagogy, nonsense
Who are some teacher figures in Alice in Wonderland
Blue Caterpillar, Humpty Dumpty
What is the exposition of Alice in Wonderland
Alice is bored on a riverbank with her sister, she sees the White Rabbit and follows him down a rabbit hole
The fall is very long, and she lands in a “great hall” with items that say “eat me” and “drink me”
she first notices a nice garden behind a little door that she would like to visit
What do asterisks represent in Carroll’s works?
Alice in Wonderland = Alice growing or shrinking
Looking Glass = Alice travelling to a different chess square
What is important about the White Rabbit?
Alice follows him into Wonderland
What is important about the Cheshire Cat?
- cat with a giant smile, “we’re all mad here”, disappears quickly/slowly
- his line is the only important thing Alice learned in Wonderland
What is important about Bill the Lizard?
during the final court scene, Bill was forced to write with his finger, then got ink to use after it was thrown at him
What is Lewis Carroll a pseudonym for?
Charles Dodgeson
What is important about Mr. Cherry in Pinocchio?
- he’s a carpenter and finds the magic piece of wood → it laughs and cries and talks
- he and Gepetto (Polendina) fight a lot, even physically, for no good reason
What type of fable is Pinocchio?
theological, Pinocchio wanted to be a real boy and the Blue Fairy decided to give him grace and made his wish come true
What is important about the Cat and the Fox?
- they try to manipulate Pinocchio to give him their money -
- as themselves - taking him to the field of wonders to plant the coins so they can grow into a money tree
- as assassins - they leave Pinocchio at a hotel and ambush him, trying to steal the money, they ultimately hang Pinocchio and leave him to die (promising to come back the next day since they couldn’t get his gold coins)
- in the woods on the way to be reunited with his father, Pinocchio runs into the cat and the fox - he stops to chat with them
- they convince him once again to go to the field of wonders to plant his gold coins and make them grow into a money tree
- no paw (no sight?)
What is important about Gepetto?
- nicknamed Polendina because of his yellow wig
- carves Pinocchio out of the sentient wood
- reunited with Pinocchio in the stomach of a big fish
What is important about the Blue-Haired Fairy?
- she saved Pinocchio from being hung
- she always presents as different things and plays a different role in Pinocchio’s life (mother, sister, etc.)
- ended up turning Pinocchio into a real boy
What is important about the Firebreather?
- runs the puppet show, sneezes when he feels pity, lets Pinocchio go
What’s important about Lampwick?
- called Lampwick because he’s very tall and thin (looks like a lampwick)
- brings Pinocchio to playland with him because they wanted to have fun the whole time
- they got turned into donkeys and he was worked to death
What’s important about the giant snake?
- Pinocchio finds a serpent on the path → it has a tail that smokes like a chimney
- it forces Pinocchio to jump over it, he lands funny → the snake laughs so hard that he has a stroke and dies
What’s important about the Cricket?
- Pinocchio kills the cricket for giving him advice that he doesn’t like
- He comes back as a doctor cricket (the other doctors are an owl and a crow)
