5924934227 | What is an epic? | Long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds | 0 | |
5924934228 | How does Beowulf represent an epic hero? | He performed heroic deeds | 1 | |
5924934229 | What is the theme of the poem? | Loyalty | 2 | |
5924934230 | What is the purpose of the prologue? | To introduce the characters | 3 | |
5924934231 | Theme of the Prologue? | Variety of human nature | 4 | |
5924934232 | Define direct and indirect characterization | Direct characterization -the author tells us the characteristics Indirect characterization - the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through speech and actions | 5 | |
5924934233 | Which of chanticleers character traits almost lose to his demise? | Pride | 6 | |
5924934234 | What is the moral of the nuns priests tale? | Never trust a flatterer | 7 | |
5924934235 | What is ironic about the exemplum that is told by the pardoner of the three rioters | The pardoners sold pardons. The pardoner also preaches that money is the root of all evil | 8 | |
5924934236 | What is the theme of the pardoners tale? | Greed is the root of all evil | 9 | |
5924934237 | Define subjective case | The pronoun is the subject of the sentence | 10 | |
5924934238 | Define objective case | The pronoun either receives the action of the verb or as a part of a pre-positional phrase | 11 | |
5924934239 | Entreated | To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something | 12 | |
5924934240 | Prodigal | A person who spends money in a reckless way | 13 | |
5924934241 | Righteousness | Morally right or justifiable | 14 | |
5924934242 | Transgressed | Infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle | 15 | |
5924934243 | Stature | A person's natural height | 16 | |
5924934244 | Analogies | Comparison between two things typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 17 | |
5924934245 | Metaphor | Figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable | 18 | |
5924934246 | Narrative | A speech or written account of connected events | 19 | |
5924934247 | Parable | Story in prose or verse which illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles | 20 | |
5924934248 | Psalm | Sacred song or hymn | 21 | |
5924934249 | Sermon | Talk on a moral or religious subject | 22 | |
5924934250 | Climax | Point of highest tension or turning point | 23 | |
5924934251 | Comic relief | Inclusion of a humorous character seen witty dialogue through to relieve tension | 24 | |
5924934252 | Internal conflict | Conflict character has with them self | 25 | |
5924934253 | Extertal conflict | Conflict character has with things externally | 26 | |
5924934254 | Dramatic irony | Obvious audience but not to character itself | 27 | |
5924934255 | Elizabethan drama | Theater of England between 1562 to 1642, plays of Shakespeare etc. | 28 | |
5924934256 | Imagery | Painting a picture with words | 29 | |
5924934257 | How did The Elizabethan period change represent a change in English drama | Before Elizabeth, drama was religious- about god not about people drama became more about nature and people | 30 | |
5924934258 | What is Macbeth's character flaw? | He is hungry for power | 31 | |
5924934259 | What would be like if you were watching a play at the globe theater back in Shakespeare's day? | There were barely any props or sets and therefore playwrights used imagery. | 32 | |
5924934260 | For what reason did Shakespeare probably choose to write the drama in blank verse? | It made it more realistic | 33 | |
5924934261 | Unrhymed iambic pentameter is also called? | Blank verse | 34 | |
5924934262 | Macbeths guilt causing him to imagine to see Banquos ghost at the banquet is an example of what type of conflict? | Internal | 35 | |
5924934263 | A major purpose of act for is to foreshadow what events? | Apparitions | 36 | |
5924934264 | In Elizabeth in theater ______________ was especially important because there were no elaborate special-effects lighting or sets. | Imagery | 37 | |
5924934265 | What is the main message of act five scene one which includes Lady McBeth's sleepwalking? | A guilty conscious is not easily mended | 38 | |
5924934266 | Why does lady Macbeth kill herself? | She went insane and she was guilty | 39 | |
5924934267 | At the end of the play how does Macbeth scourging battle affect the reader? | It brings the reader full-circle returning to his noble character | 40 | |
5924934268 | What is the message of holy sonnet 10? | Death be not proud | 41 | |
5924934269 | What is the subject of John Donne's song? | Love and death | 42 | |
5924934270 | What is the theme of the poem meditation 17? | Mortality we all face the same fate | 43 | |
5924934271 | Fortnight | Two weeks | 44 | |
5924934272 | Trade | A skilled job | 45 | |
5924934273 | A hack chaise | Taxi | 46 | |
5924934274 | Entailed | Involves something as a necessary part of a sequence | 47 | |
5924934275 | Apothecary | Preparer and seller of medicine | 48 | |
5924934276 | Vulgar | Lacking good taste | 49 | |
5924934277 | Efficacy | Ability to produce an intended result | 50 | |
5924934278 | Panegyric | Public speech published text on something | 51 | |
5924934279 | Laudable | Deserving praise | 52 | |
5924934280 | Celerity | Swiftness of moving | 53 | |
5924934281 | Expostulation | To reason with someone against something that person has done or intended to do | 54 | |
5924934283 | Felicity | Intense happiness | 55 | |
5924978148 | Augment | To make something greater by adding to it | 56 | |
5924978149 | Avouches | Affirm and assert | 57 | |
5924978150 | Commission | And instruction command or duty given to a person or group | 58 | |
5924978151 | Clamorous | Loud and confused noise | 59 | |
5924978152 | Judicious | Having a showing or done with good judgment | 60 | |
5924978153 | Reparation | The making of ammends for a wrong one has done by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. | 61 | |
5924978154 | Sovereign | A supreme ruler especially a monarch | 62 | |
5924978155 | Timorous | Showing or suffering from nervousness fear or lack of confidence | 63 | |
5924978156 | Jocund | Cheerful and lighthearted | 64 |
AP British Literature Flashcards
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