Literature (Short stories, poems, and authors) Flashcards
Author of the famous storybook “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
Lewis Carroll
Author of the famous poem “The Road Not Taken.”
Robert Frost
a flower, a poem written by RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
Rhodora
wrote the classic children’s fiction novel “the jungle book”
Rudyard Kipling
wrote the poem, Africa. An African but was born in France.
David Diop
author of the story “footnote to youth”
Jose Garcia Villa
some examples of this are: while, on the other hand, however, nevertheless
Adversative Transitions
It is what Indarapatra gave Sulayman before he sets off to battle in the Magindanao epic Indarapatra and Sulayman
Magic Ring
Stephen King wrote this book series
The Dark Tower
What does the acronym CCTV mean?
Closed-Circuit-Television
It is a form of poetry in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), often humorous and sometimes obscene
Limerick
It is a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.
Eulogy
It is a form of figurative language which the whole is referred to by just a part. It can also be in the opposite way by referencing a part to the whole. Examples: Tina is learning her ABC’S in preschool.
Synecdoche
the world’s first true novel
The Tale of Genji
what is the name for a record of a period in a person’s life?
diary
reflects the character’s name to their personality or occupation
aptronym
most successful play by american english poet t.s. eliot. most striking feature was the use of a chorus.
Murder in the Cathedral
wrote the epic poem, the divine comedy
Dante
author of the spirit of laws
Montesquieu
theatre in london that is associated with shakespeare
Globe Theatre
last book in gulliver’s travels
Voyage to Houyhnhnms
english poetry group of mid-17th-century sided with king charles I against the parliament
Caralier poets
It is the best-known of Bram Stoker
Dracula
collection of indian animal fables
Panchatontra
founded the naturalist movement
Emile Zola
the qu’ran has how many chapters?
114 chapters
he is the father of the english novel
Henry Fielding
the first gothic novel in the english language
The Castle of Otranto
a shakespearean play that features the characters bianca, cassio, and iago
Othello
is the literary technique where the audience know something that the characters don’t
Dramatic Irony
coined the term abstract poem
Edith Sitwell
desribes the borogoues in “Jabberwocky”
Mimsy
