Test 1 Flashcards
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The term for subjectively pleasing sounds is
Euphony
An obsolete phrase, idiom, syntax, or spelling used intentionally to recreate the atmosphere of the past is known as
Archaism
An epistolary novel is
One in which the narrative is carried forward by letters
The meaning of verisimilitude is
The semblance if truth
In poetry, a hiatus
A.pause or break between two vowels separated by a consonant
Of these terms, the one Poe applied to his stories in which the material was selected for its strangeness and its appeal to the sense of wonder is
Arabesque
Those who leave their native land and reside elsewhere are know as
Expatriates
Hypertext is best known as
Written or printed material interconnected in such a complicated way that it could not be conveniently represented on paper
The number of lines in a traditional sonnet is
14
A sustained and formal poem setting forth mediations on death or other solemn thoughts is an/a
Elegy
The Reformation of the English Church an the revival of learning known as Humanism modifies English life and thought substantially during the
Early Tudor age
The group of writers which is characterized by the following “writers working to expose the dishonest methods and unscrupulous motives in big businesses and in city star, and national government
The Muckrackers
The dates used for the Naturalistic and Symbolistic Period of American literature are
1900-1930
The period in literature which was a time of the gradual tempering of the romantic impulse ad the steady growth of realism in English letters is called
The Early Victorian Age.
The age in literary history which emphasized self knowledge, self-control, discipline, and the rule of law order and decorum is known as the
Age of reason
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Bronson Alcott are associated with the American movement called
Transcendentalism
The Angry Young Men were demonstrating a particular bitterness in their attacks on outmoded bourgeois values in England during the
1950s and 1960s
W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory led the Abbey Theatre in
Ireland
The idea that the courtly love philosophy flourished first in France and then in England along with
Chivalry
The aspect of American history concerning the westward movement of the frontier - when all free lands had generally been closed - ended in
1890
The legend which was the basis for famous works by Geoffery of Monmouth, Malory and Tennyson is
The Arthurian legend
The Castle of Otrano, the first Gothic nove,l was written in 1764 by
Horace Walpole
Of these poets, the ones identified with the Graveyard School are
Thomas Gray and William Cullen Bryant
The author of uncle Remus is
Joel Chandler Harris
