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the middle ages

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450-1485

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the old english period

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450-1100

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the middle english period

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1100-1485

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the renaissance

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1485-1688

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the tudor period

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1485-1603

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the stuart period

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1603-1688

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the age of revolution

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1688-1832

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the neoclassical period

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1688-1789

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the romantic period

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1789-1832

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the age of reform

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1832-present

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the victorian period

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1832-1914

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the modern period

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1914-present

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rationalism can be defined as _________ of ___________ in all areas of ________.

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rule, reason, life

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how did England’s domination of the seas help advance the industrial revolution?

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by crowding out the french, dutch, and Spanish from valuable markets and sources of raw materials.

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what three main beliefs of scripture did the diests reject?

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  • the deity of christ
  • christs death and bodily resurrection
  • miracles of scripture
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what is the purpose of satire?

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to upbraid and to warn.

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what was Daniel defoes most lasting contribution to the novel?

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journalistic realism

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the essays found in addison and steels the taller and the spectator are much like our present day ______.

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editorials

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what is the purpose of swifts gulivers travels?

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to vex the world rather than to entertain it.

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what fundamental question does an essay on man seek to answer?

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why does evil exist?

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list the reasons that the eighteenth century became a great age of hymnody.

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  • hymns provided a response to the neoclassical emphasis on rational control.
  • the neoclassical qualities important to writing a good hymn.
  • issac watts great contribution to hymn writing influenced the growth of hymnody.
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what creature is used as an example in illustrating the truth taught in watts against idleness and mischief?

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bee

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the line thither the household feathery people crowd is an example of what?

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periphrase

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over what issue did the wesley and whitefeild sharply disagree?

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calvinistic doctrine of limited atonement.

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according to john wesley journal he had grasp of _________ and enjoyed _________ as well as __________ reading.

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greek, secular, sacred

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name the hymns written by Charles wesley listed in your notes/textbook.

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  • and can it be that i should gain
  • jesus lover of my soul
  • solders of christ arise
  • behold the man
  • he beautific sight
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27
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which of popes characteristics did dryden lack, according to samuel johnson?

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diligence

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what book did boswell write as a result of traveling with johnson?

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journal of a tour to the herbrides

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what is the verse from the deserted village?

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heroic couplets

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according to boswell what trait of johnsons overshadows his short comings?

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johnsons conversational abilities

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what romantic elements are found in elegy written in a country churchyard?

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  • description and rural landscape
  • idealization of human life
  • use of natural description to generate a mood
  • solidary mediation
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the common element in all areas of romantic thinking- political, philosophical, and artistic is ____ from____.

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freedom from limits

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33
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robert burns was known as the ____-____-____.

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heaven taught plowman

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34
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unitarianism evaluates an actions goodness or badness based on its production of what?

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happyness

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list the elements that christians should agree with romantics on:

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  • human reason has limitations

- intuition has some validity

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36
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characteristics of romantic poetry include:

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  • the poet himself as the primary subject.
  • a highly individual perspective
  • an awe inspiring atmosphere
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what is ironic about blakes inclusion of a graveyard in his garden of love?

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because the garden is supposedly dedicated to love but it produces death also blames defiance of Gods law will only bring him misery.

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what institutions of society does william blakes london condemn?

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  • religion
  • government
  • family
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39
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what did wordsworth credit as being the major formative influence on his writings?

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nature

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in wordsworth definition of the poetic process what idea reflects the romantic dislike of control?

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the depiction of poetry as the spontaneous over flow of powerful feelings.

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as a result of his prose coleridge is known as the father of _____ _____ _____.

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modern literary criticism

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how do the sailors punish the mariner in the rime of the ancient mariner?

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by hanging the dead albatross around his neck.

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43
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what is the primary mood of lambs essays?

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nostalgic day dreaming

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44
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the byronic hero is characterized by what?

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arrogance, anguish, sullenness, solitude, self will, rebellion

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what question which is probably the most famous rhetorical question in english literature expresses the theme of shelleys ode to the west wind?

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if winter comes can spring be far behind?

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section IV of ode to the west wind reveals shelleys agreement with the romantic belief in what?

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superiority of childhood innocence and communion with nature.

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what was the purpose of gulivers travels?

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vex the world rather than entertain it.

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48
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keats first unquestionably great poem was:

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on the first looking into chap and homer

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name the three missionaries sent out by evangelicals in victorian england and tell where they served.

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william carey - india
hudson taylor - china
david livingston - africa

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in the eve of st agnes what brings madeline and porphyry back to reality?

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a storm

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lists the concepts true about the religious climate of nineteenth century england.

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  • evangelicalism produced englands greatest missionary effort
  • some of englands finest hymns were produced
  • evangelicalism tempered englands colonial efforts with humanitarian concerns.
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52
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_____ _____ scholars had an even more devastating effect on the orthodox christianity of the victorian period than did _____ ideas.

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german biblical, darwins

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list the two areas in which thomas carlyle had his greatest impact on victorian england.

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  • religious thought

- social criticism

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what did newman firmly oppose?

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all attempts to separate formal religion from public life especially schools.

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tennysons poetry was deepened and enriched by what?

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the death of his best friend

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who is the pilot in tennysons crossing the bar?

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the divine and unseen who is also guiding us.

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who was the late victorian writer who had the most influence on modern literature?

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matthew arnold

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what new poetic genre did robert browning create?

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dramatic monologue

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what most affected christiana rosettis writing?

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seventeenth century anglican devotional poets.

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most of lewis carols poems in the alice books are best described as _____.

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parodies

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what is hardys attitude toward peasantry?

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noble rustics or contented pagans.

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Thomas hardy the darkling thrush reflects what aspects?

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the lingering pain of rejecting christianity and the futility of trying to purge the miraculous from christianity.

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hopkins sprung rhythm which is based on natural speech rhythms instead of syllable divisions is like the rhythm of what earlier type of poetry?

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old english

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list the true statments about A.E. housman to an athlete dying young.

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the youth is praised for dying young and keeps his honor even in death it also demonstrates that the fame dies more quickly than beauty does.

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in the kingdom of god thompson says moderns man cannot see angels because:

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mans unredeemed nature prevents them from seeing them in the kingdom of god.

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kiplings the conversation of aurelian mcgoggin was said to be what form of literature?

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tract

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in kiplings story according to the doctor what caused mcgoggins coversation?

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over work

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who as founder of modern psychology helped foster the existentialist philosophy?

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frued

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name the philosophy that maintains the strongest influence on writers of the modern period.

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rationalism

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what is the intellectual position most characteristic of the modern period?

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existentialism

71
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the typical modern poem relies on what?

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rythme

72
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accoring to the modern writer what is fatal to art?

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didacticism

73
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the moon imagery in yeats adams curse foreshadows what?

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the disillusionment at the end of the poem.

74
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yeats believed that answers for life were found in what?

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art

75
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joyces ulysses uses which method of development?

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stream of consciousness

76
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in joyces araby why is the boy prevented from leaving for the bazaar?

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because his uncle was late

77
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lawrence particularly despises the bourgeous love of what?

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sports

78
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what does virginia woolf intend the road to symbolize in three pictures?

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life in three pictures

79
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In wolfs three pictures what is the narrators response to the first picture?

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satisfaction

80
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In feuille d album what does ian purchase in his effort to meet the girl?

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an egg

81
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what does the tall tree symbolize in macnieces the truism?

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the final maturing of the son

82
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In katherine mansfeilds stories what literary element is of supreme importance?

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atmosphere

83
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why can’t the mother comfort the father in robert graves coronation address?

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because she does not take into account her husbands feelings toward the matriarchy.

84
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Life is tragically absurd and illusions give only false comfort is the theme of

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three pictures

85
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tis not too late to seek a newer world is the theme of

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ulysses

86
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All earthly vanity and ambition will eventually fall prey to time is the theme of

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ozy mandis

87
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determination in meeting the challenges of death is the theme of

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prospice

88
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the loss of religions validity is the theme of

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araby

89
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the remarkable power of God is the theme of

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wesleys journal

90
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the superiority of nature to books as a moral guide is the theme of

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the tables turned

91
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to vindicate the ways of God to man is the theme of

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essay on man

92
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any beautiful fine accomplishment requires diligent work is the theme of

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adams curse

93
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who is the author of essay on criticism

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alexander pope

94
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who is the author of coronation address

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robert graves

95
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who is the author of i wandered lonely as a cloud

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william wordsworth

96
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who is the author of winter

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james thomson

97
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who is the author of when i was one and twenty

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A.E. housman

98
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who is the author of the deserted village

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oliver goldsmith

99
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who is the author of the tyger

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william blake

100
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who is is the author of a red red rose

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robert burns

101
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what author complied and edited the dictionary of the english language

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samuel johnson

102
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what author was called the english chekhov

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katherine mansfeild

103
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what author upon becoming a jesuit priest burned all his poetry

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gerard manley hopkins

104
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what author took part in a romantic elopement

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robert browning

105
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what author was a nationalist poet who often wrote in dialect

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robert burns

106
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what author tried to reform anglicanism converted to catholicism

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john henry newman

107
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what author showed great talent but died of tuberculosis at 26

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john keats

108
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what author was a poet laureate

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john dryden

109
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what author wrote satirical travel literature

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johnathan swift

110
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the use of a symbolic narrative to emphasize a theme.

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allegory

111
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the repetition of similar consonant sounds within a group of neighboring words lines.

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alliteration

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a reference in a literary work to another event place person or literary work that the reader is expected to recognize.

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allusion

113
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a person or force opposing the protagonist in a drama or narrative.

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antagonst

114
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a brief statement often witty that expresses a principle truth or observation about life.

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aphorism

115
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a figure of speech in which an absent or dead person an abstract quality or a personified object is addressed as if it were present and capable of responding.

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apostrophe

116
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a narrative poem that can be set to music and sung.

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ballad

117
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a detailed account of a persons life and accomplishments written by another person.

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biography

118
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a verse form consisting of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.

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blank verse

119
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a break or pause introduced in the midst of a line of verse.

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caesura

120
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a person represented in a literary work.

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character

121
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a less serious form of drama that aims primarily to amuse and usually has a happy ending.

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comedy

122
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an imaginative and metaphorical figure of speech that used innovative ideas to develop a far fetched connection between two seemingly disimilar things.

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conceit

123
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the struggle between opposing characters forces or emotions.

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conflict

124
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two consecutive lines of poetry often written in iambic pentameter with end words that rhyme.

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couplet

125
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regional variations within the same language as spoken in different areas of a country.

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dialect

126
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ones choice of words in writing or speaking.

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diction

127
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a literary work designed for presentation by actors on a stage.

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drama

128
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a poem in which the main character addressed an identifiable but silent listener at a time of crisis in the speakers life.

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dramatic monologue

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elegiac poetry

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a mournfully contemplative poem that mourns the death of someone or the loss of something.

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elegy

131
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a line of verse that runs into the next line or lines without pause.

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enjambment

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a long narrative poem usually about larger than life hero and legendary events which celebrates the history culture and character of people.

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epic

133
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a metaphor that extends throughout a stanza or an entire poem.

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extended metaphor

134
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a literary form typically set in nonexistent realms and often featuring supernatural beings.

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fantasy

135
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a technique in which words and phrases that have literary meanings are enhanced and given freshness of expression by means of figures of speech.

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figurative language

136
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a ballad that is anonymously composed and passed down orally through the generations before it is committed to print.

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folk ballad

137
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a story originating in oral tradition.

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folktale

138
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a literary device that supplies clues that hint at later plot developments.

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foreshadowing

139
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a narrative technique where by a main story in contained within another story that acts as its setting.

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frame story

140
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the contrast between what is expected and what really happens or what is said and what is really meant.

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irony

141
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a form of poetic imagery commonly found in anglo axon poetry.

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kenning

142
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a ballad that is written by known poets for literary effect.

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literary ballad

143
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short melodious poems that focus on expressing emotions.

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lyrical poetry

144
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see conceit

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metaphysical conceit

145
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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates rhythm.

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meter

146
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another thus making a comparison between dissimilar objects or ideas without using connective words such as like than or as.

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metaphor

147
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a poem in which the author tells a story.

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narrative poetry

148
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a extended lyric poem characterized ny exalted emotion and dignified style.

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ode

149
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giving a non human human characteristics.

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personification

150
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an outcome in a literary work in which good is rewarded and evil is punished especially in ways that particularly fit the virtue or the crime.

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poetic justice

151
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the main character in fiction drama or narrative poetry.

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protagonist

152
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a stanza consisting of four lines or a four line poem.

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quatrains

153
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the attempt to depict people and circumstances in literature and art as they really are without idealization.

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realism

154
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a phrase or sequence repeated at intervals through out a poem often at the end of a stanza.

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refrain

155
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words or lines of verse whose terminal sounds are similar thus forming a corresponding musical effect.

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rhyme

156
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a regular pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables.

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rhythm

157
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an intellectual and artistic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries that valued imagination emotion and personal expression.

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romanticism

158
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a work that combines ridicule humor and a critical attitude in an effort to improve humanity and social institutions.

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satire

159
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an old english poet or bard.

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scop

160
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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two essentially dissimilar things usually using words such as like or as.

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simile

161
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a lyric form of poetry consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter and exhibiting a regular rhyme scheme.

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sonnet

162
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a style of narrative writing that records a characters random flow of thoughts emotions and associations at the moment that they occur.

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stream of consciousness

163
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the use of one object as a symbol to represent or suggest another.

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symbolism

164
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the way in which grammatical structure in employed to combine words phrases and clauses into sentences.

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syntax

165
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the central to dominating idea in a work of literature.

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theme

166
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the prevailing attitude the author adapts toward the reader a character or a subject.

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tone

167
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a drama portraying the doomed struggle and eventual downfall of an admirable but flawed hero.

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tragedy

168
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essay describing what you know about the history of the english language.

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Old english literature reacted primarily against the external threat to society while middle english sought to remedy the internal threat to society. During the fourteenth century the english language took on both french and latin additions. It had many influences that shaped it into that it is in current day. Came from original keltic to old english. French became the choice until chancers Canterbury tales. The press. old middle modern.

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spiritual fulfillment comes through achieving unity with all of gods creation is the theme of

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the rime of the ancient mariner

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