Unit 2 Authors, Definitions, and Quotes Flashcards
the use of words which appeal to our sense
imagery
who wrote The Fight with the Windmills
Miquel de Cervantes
the main character/hero who is usually in conflict with the antagonist
protagonist
an opposing character/rival who is usually in conflict with the pritagonist
antagonist
3 types of conflict in literature
man vs himself, man vs man, man vs nature
the repetition of the accented vowel sound and all the succeeding sounds in words which come at the end of a line of poetry
end rhyme
which country won in The Patriot’s Pass-word?
Switzerland
the pattern of end rhymes used in a poem and denoted by assigning each new sound (rhyme)a lowercase letter of the alphabet
rhyme scheme
two main characters in The Wind is Free
Eva and her brother Thomaso
a phrase or sentence which is repeated at intervals on a poem, usually at the end of a stanza
refrain
who wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred Lord Tennyson
the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning, the difference between what a character says and what the author intends
irony
contrasting what a character says and what a reader or audience knows to be true
dramatic irony
difference between what is expected and what actually happens
situational irony
saying the opposite of what is meant
verbal irony
what colors does the poet use in “Courage has a crimson coat” and what do the colors represent?
crimson for courage, golden for fame, and gray for patience
who was President Bush awarding the Medal of Honor to in “A Debt That Time Has Not Diminished”? What was his occupation?
Capt. Ben Salomon
Medical Surgeon in Army
who found out that Captain Ben Salomon was eligible to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor?
Dr.West
What did Don Quixote think the Windmills were? Who did he blame for his failure?
He thought they were giants and blamed the necromancer Freston
What two countries were fighting in “The Patriot’s Pass-word”?
Switzerland and Austria
To what Swiss Hero were the fighters compared to in “The Patriot’s Pass-word”
Arnold Winkelreid
Who gave the Nazi soilders information regarding The Wind is Free and other games the children played?
Eva
What were the children going to throw in the brook before the Germans stopped them?
Old Woman Winter
Who was taken to the Guard House in “The Wind is Free”
Thomaso