Unit 12 Flashcards
Alexander Pope
18th century English poet
The dying christian to his soul
Known for translation of lliad and Odyssey
John Donne
Conceits
English poet and preacher
Fable
Brief anecdote told in simple
Drama
Poetry that uses actors to portray the story’s character, action, and dialogue
Soliloquy
Monologue
Aside
Comment made to the audience other characters can not hear
Action
Movements and speech of characters
Protagonist
Hero
Antagonist
Opponent
Plot
Arrangement of events
Dramatic structure
5 act play - exposition, rising action, climax or crisis, falling action, catastrophe or denouement
Homer
Death of hector
IIiad and odyssey
Return of Odysseus
Epigram
Any brief poem, often used as an inscription for monuments
Elegy
Short poem
Pairs of unrhymed lines
Lucian
Greek rhetorician, satirist, poet