Letteratura inglese

Question 1

1) 55 B.C

Answer 1

The roman invasion brings latin

words from latin: human, solar, factory

29% of the english words have latin origins

Question 2

2) 450 A.D. (anno domini)

Answer 2

Germanic migrations of Angles, Saxon, Jutes

words from germanic migrations: girl, food, apple

26% of the english words have germanic migrations origins

Question 3

3) 6th century

Answer 3

Cristianity

latin, greek, hebrew (specially greek)

words from greek: democracy, justice, idea

-6% of the english words have greek origins

Question 4

4) from 8th century to 11th century

Answer 4

Viking invasions give rise to Scandinavian languages

Question 5

5) 11th century , 1066

Answer 5

Invasions by the Normans ​bring the French

words from french: liberty, very, beef

29% of the english words have french origins

Question 6

6) 15th -16 th century

Answer 6

Europeans started discover the world ( Asia, America, South Africa)

New words like : tomato, potato, tabacco

Question 7

7) 18th- 19th century

Answer 7

Industrial revolution brings the colonialism

New words like: shampoo

Question 8

8) 21 st

Answer 8

Internet age

New words like : to google, to hoover

Question 9

Definition of poetry

Answer 9

Poetry meaning to create.
A poet is the creator of a poem and poetry means the art of writing them.

Poetry began a long time ago. It was transmitted orally and recorded what was memorable in people’s lives: battles, victories, heroic deeds

Question 10

The main ingredients of poetry

Answer 10

Poetry is literary genre characterised by a number of sound effects by the use of a particular rhythm and metre, by a carefully selected language and by a particular layout.

Question 11

The layout

Answer 11

The layout is the way a poem appears on the page.
words composed in verse, which are in turn grouped into stanzas.

There are many different types of stanzas. Esistono diversi tipi di strofe.
The most common are:
✒️Couplet : a stanza with two lines.
✒️Tercet: a stanza with three lines.
✒️Quatrain: a stanza with four lines.
✒️Sestet: a stanza with six lines.
✒️Octave: a stanza with eight lines.

Question 12

the sound

Answer 12

Sound devices are the poem’s musical effects.
The musical effect given by rhyme, alliteration, onomapoteia….

Question 13

rhyme (suono)

Answer 13

Rhyme occurs when the lasy word of two or more lines in a poem end with the same sound.

When rhymes in a poem occur regularly form a rhyme scheme, that is marked with the letters of alphabet

Question 14

onomatopeia( suono)

Answer 14

onomatopeic words, are words whose sound suggests the sense.

The term buzz reproduces the sound of bees when they fly

Question 15

end stopped lines (suono)

Answer 15

When the sense is completes within the end of a line

Question 16

rhythm

Answer 16

rhythm affects a poem’s musical quality , the rhythm is intensified and follows a pattern called metre.

Metre depends on a number of stressed and unstressed syllabes in a line.

Question 17

figures of speech

Answer 17

words in poetry are used to “help” the reader to make connections which often go beyond the literal meaning in fact poetry use more connotative language.

Question 18

simile ( figures of speech)

Answer 18

a simile is when one thing is compared to another which looks different.

Similes are explicit comparisons using the words “like” or “as”

Question 19

metaphor ( figures of speech)

Answer 19

metaphor involves replacing one word with another to make a concept more strong

Question 20

litotes (figures of speech)

Answer 20

litotes is when we affirm one thing by denying its contrary.

i don’t fell ver good to say i feel bad