mid term Flashcards
Alliterative Verse
poems from western or northern England and Scotland. each line within a stanza contains alliteration of both consonants and vowels
what text uses allertitave verse
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Because it drawn attention to the words and created a tone and mood that is characteristic to the original story
Chivalric Code
a moral system that stated all knights should protect others who cannot protect themselves, such as widows, children and alders
what text uses chivalric code
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. its used to show is loyalty, courage to his king and his other knights and how he always tries to uphold his values
blank verse
a form of prosody that predated shake sphere. unrhymed, metered lines using iambic pentameter, used to convey themes and ideas
what text uses blank verse
Twelfth Night.by common or working class characters to convey plot points or humor.
Neo- Platonist
view of human being which divided the self into three parts (rational, emotional and appetitive)
what text uses Neoplatonist
Twelfth night. seen by different characters and in conflict, vying for supremacy to emphasize the different points of views r=from all the different classes in this story
Great Chain of Being
ranks all living and non-living things according to how they use these basic qualities of reason, emotion and appetite
what text uses Great Chain of being
Twelfth Night. Hows the hierarchy and different classes that happen to be in his real time, portrayed into this story.
satire
a work that critiques its society or some aspect of it through irony, parody, exaggeration or humor
what text uses satire
modest proposal. forces readers to confront the views and they may hold and see that of the inherent lesser value of other humans, those of a different nationally, class or religion, also to be hopeful
Petrarchan sonnet
14 lines, the octave (8 lines) and sestet (6). ABBAABBA, CDCD or CDECDE. octave is to introduce a problem, sestet is to solve. Volta rhetorical shift to mark the tone change.
what text uses the Petrarchan sonnet
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802. the octave praises the city for its openness and beauty in the morning before city wakes and then it says smokeless which then switches to sestet to compare this moment to natural scenes.
allegory
an extended, abstract, and hidden meaning represented through the use of concrete images and characters