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two or more words having identical sounds in the last stressed vowel and the sounds that follow refers to rhymes at the end of lines
end rhyme
the narrator stands outside the story and refers to the characters with pronouns such as he she or they
third-person point of view
a type of writing in which the author attempts to reproduce the flow of thoughts in a character’s mind with little attention to grammar or logic
stream of consciousness
a sudden revelationary insight into some aspect of life or reality that springs from an ordinary person object or event
epiphany
to hint at events that will occur later within the story
foreshadow
is a type of stream of consciousness narration
interior monologue
a lyric poem or song greeting the dawn and often expressing the regret of two lovers at parting
aubade
the emotion pervading a work
mood
a form of shock humor derived from treating grotesque serious or morbid situation comically
black humor
is the agreement of sounds from last stressed vowel sounds onward with a difference in the immediately preceding constant sounds
perfect rhyme
shows agreement in terminal constant sounds but disagreement in the proceeding vowel sounds or agreement in the vowel sounds but disagreement one succeeding constant sounds
slant rhyme
what were the pre-war years
the pre-war year was 1901-1914
why was Britain a period of unrest
Britain was in a period of unrest because the British colonies in America and Ireland were pursuing independence
what did Britian hope while in war
when Britain was in a war they thought it would be over by Christmas but lasted years
what did many Britains believe about the established order?
many Britains believed that the established order from the ruling classes to traditional religion had failed the country.
how did modern technology affect the war?
modern technology in which Victorians had placed so much hope had made war more inhumane than ever and the traditional church seemed to offer few answers to the trauma of the war, Britains war leadership had too often show gross income costing soldiers lives.
why is queen Elizabeth special
queen Elizabeth coronation was televised and she became the nation’s longest-reigning monarch
what did Darwinism challenge
darwnism challenged human morality if man is an animal might as well behave like one
what did sigmund frued influence
sigmund frued huge influenced modern physchology
what are the 5 major themes of modernist art and literature?
- disillusionment with modern life
- fragmentation of community and alienating individuals within society
- explore the inner lives of individuals and psychological realism
- experimentation
- Search for meaning
the first female prime minister is
Margret Thatcher
speak about the Christian perspective about the bitter pessimism and moral uncertainty of much modern literature
from a Christian perspective the bitter pessimism and moral uncertainty of much modern literature distance it from believers just as its obscurity alienates most ordinary readers. The Christian objection to much of modernist literature therefore is not to its unconventional techniques but rather to many of the messages it conveys
define Brexit
Britain’s withdrawal from the European union
what is existentalism
existentialism which had been rising in popularity before the war gained new momentum based on the idea that there is no factual evidence to human life, existentialism posits that people nonetheless require meaning and so must rise above despair over life’s absurdity to create their own meaning for their existence
