Quiz 14 Flashcards
a prison guard
turnkey
a member of the ancient Greek school of Philosophy who believed that real kowledge of things is impossible
sceptic
specific words or phrases chosen to evoke an emotional reponse (usually to influence) from the reader or listener by appealing to the emotions
emotive language
careless; messy
slip-shod
the repetition of the same word or words in the middle of successive sentences or clauses
mesodiplosis
intonation; inflection
cadence
a narrow strip of land, surrounded by the sea on both sides, that connects two larger areas of land
isthmus
dizzying
giddy
retribution; revenge
vengeance
to consider; to believe
deem
petitioning; beseeching
suppliant
the art of speaking persuasively
elocution
two rhymed lines that contain an independent and complete thought or statement; usually pauses lightly at the end of the first line; the second is more heavily end-stopped, or “closed”
closed couplet
reddish color; bloody
ruddy
an object of ridicule; a laughingstock
jest
poetic form of “A Description of Morning”
ironic or urban pastoral
examples of emotive language
ruddy, discompose, slip-shod, stumps, drown’d, shriller, scream’d, etc.
This closing line suggests the next generation will continue the same manner of life.
“And schoolboys lag with satchels in their hands.”
an example of irony in “A Description of Morning”
Life in the city is demeaning, repetitive, and interdependent; the errors and waste of one person’s gritty job necessitates shoddy labor from another.
Central One Idea of “A Description of Morning”
Life in the city is demeaning, repetitive, and interdependent; the errors and waste of one person’s gritty job necessitates shoddy labor from another.
rhyme scheme of “An Essay onMan”
heroic couplets
What should be the proper study of man?
man
man’s main problem in “An Essay on Man”
“He hangs between”
“The glory, jest, …”
“and riddle of the world!”
