AP British Literature Flashcards

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