Midterms Flashcards
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Alliteration
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A line of poetry in which there is repetition of the constant sounds at the beginning of words
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Metaphor
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Comparing things by using is
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Sonnet
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14 line poem
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Symbol
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A thing that represents or stands for something else especially a concrete object representing something abstract
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Conceit
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Jealousy or envy
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Rhyme scheme
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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of the poem or verse
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Paraphrase
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To sum up in a few words
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Quatrain
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Four line stanza
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Magna Carta
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Document that established right to a trial by jury for commoners
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Epic
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Long stylized narrative poem that tells a story about hero
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Couplet
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Two lines of poetry in which the end words rhyme
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Anthology
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Book made up of smaller stories
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Magnum opus
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Greatest work
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Tone
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The feeling you get from the what author writes or what words they used to describe a character
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Personification
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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
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Foreshadowing
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A literary hint at what will happen later in the story
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Digression
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In literature when the narrator temporarily departs from the main storyline
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Mock epic
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Epic that uses irony and sarcasm and satire
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Allusion
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A reference to another story
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Ballad
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Poem telling a story
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Soliloquy
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Monologue given by character directly to the audience
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What language was Beowulf written in
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Germanic English
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What is didactic
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Intended to teach
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Lesson of Beowulf
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Importance of personal sacrifice for the good of humanity
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Who was Grendel
A monster that was the personification of evil
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Grendel was the offspring of
Cain
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Who was Grendel attacking
The Danes
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Why did hrothgar welcome Beowulf and his buddies
He knew Beowulf's lineage and reputation
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What was Beowulf's philosophy concerning his attempt to beat Grendel
God will decide who wins my fate is in God's hands
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What weapons did Beowulf choose to fight Grendel
His hands
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Where did the battle between Beowulf and Grendel take place
The mead hall. Heorot
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What is wyrd
Fate
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How did Beowulf defeat Grendel
Wrestled until forearm ripped off
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How did Beowulf proclaim his victory
Put Grendel's arm beneath the roof of the hall
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What is the literary theme in Beowulf
Good v. evil
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Who wrote Beowulf
Unknown author
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What is a kenning
Another way of referring to something
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Who wrote Canterbury tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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What language was Canterbury tales written in
Middle English
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What kind of a book is Canterbury tales
Frame story, satiric social commentary on the times, gallery of literary portraits, anthology
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What are the three classes of society represented in the Canterbury tales
Nobility clergy commoners
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What month does the pilgrimage take place
April
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To what shrine are the pilgrims traveling
The shrine of Thomas Becket
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Where did the pilgrims meet before the pilgrimage
An inn
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Who suggest the contest
The innkeeper
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Who is Epicurus
Philosopher who said main goal in life is to be happy by eating good food but don't overdo it
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The pardoners tale begins where
The tavern or bar
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The people in the town where death is supposed to live were probably understood to have died of
Plague
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The idea that the men can seek out and kill death is primarily a result of what
Drunkenness
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Who is the mother of the old man
Mother earth
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The first of the roisters is killed when the other two
Stab him
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Philosophically speaking what kills the three men
Avarice
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What is the theme of the pardoners tale
The love of money is the root of all evil
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What abstract concepts personified in the stories we read
Death
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Chaucer's known as the father of what
English literature
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Why is Chaucer known as the father of English literature
Chaucer wrote in English even though the nobility language was French making English more popular
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How does Chaucer use irony in the pardoners tale
The three risers were looking for death and they found him
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What are the characteristics of a ballad
Tragedy action in Kantorei unknown author short and simply constructed moves rapidly
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The typical valid consists of four-line stanzas called
Quatrains
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What is sir Patrick spends reaction to the letter he receives
First he laughs then he cries
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Sir Patrick spends sets sail because of what
His loyalty to duty
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What reward does Sir Patrick spens receive for his voyage
Death
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From where was the author of sir Patrick spens
Scotland
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In the twa corbies what were they talking about
What to have for dinner
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In the wife of ushers well how do we know that the boys are dead
They wear hats made of Birch
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In the wife of washers well why does the woman sitting at the bedside of her sons
She fears they are not really alive and may leave her
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What governmental system controlled the Middle Ages
Feudalism
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Who wrote the story of King Arthur
Sir Thomas Mallory
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The title le Morte d Arthur means
The death of Arthur
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Who was Arthurs mentor
Merlin
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What was the purpose of the sword in the stone in the church yard
It showed gods divine approval of Arthurs kingship
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What was the reasoning behind the round table
It promoted equality among the knights
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What was the prize of the archery tournament
A Golden arrow
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Who is Arthur's father
Uther Pendragon
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What language did the Norman kings speak
French
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What changes did the printing press bring about
Encourage the use of the Bible people didn't rely on priests
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How many lines does a sonnet have
14
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What's the difference between Italian and an English sonnet
English – four quatrains plus a couplet
| Italian – octet plus sestet
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In Elizabethan drama there's less importance on what and more importance on what
Words appearance action
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More separation between the play and
Reality
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Characters are not seen as real people but what real people
Symbolize
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What three ways are there to gain insight to the play
What the characters say, what others say about them, what they do
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What does the villain represent
Evil
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A raging storm is metaphoric for
Conflict
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What's another word for unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank verse
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What are heroic couplets
Couplets in iambic pentameter
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What's an aside
When the character speaks his or her thoughts aloud and the other characters can't hear it
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What is the great chain of being
A representation of a divinely ordained hierarchy beginning with the simplest elements to the king to God
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What is a tragedy
And imitation of an action not real life. A person of importance and power basically good fails through a tragic flaw the persons fall must affect many people in order to be significant
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When was Shakespeare's born and died
1554 to 1616
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Where did Shakespeare's plays get performed
The globe in Stratford England
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Four themes of Macbeth
Great chain of being, ambition, corruption, things not as they appear
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Four symbols of Macbeth
Blood, weather, hallucination, sleep/lack of it
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Opposites and reversals in the play of Macbeth
Lady Macbeth doing jobs of her husband, Macbeth commits regicide, horses eating each other, owl eating a hawk
