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Engl 2322 Unit 3 Test Questions and answers latest update
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Engl 2322 Unit 3 Test-The subjects, plots, settings, and authors of the works we studied in this unit.
ANS✔✔
Italian Sonnet ANS✔✔ a sonnet composed of an octave (an eight line unit)
and a sestet (six line unit)
blank verse ANS✔✔ Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
English sonnet ANS✔✔ a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a
concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd
efef gg
iambic pentameter ANS✔✔ A metrical line of five feet or units, each made
up of an unstressed and then a stressed syllable.
allusion ANS✔✔ A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or
idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
apostrophe ANS✔✔ A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or
something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could
reply
epic ANS✔✔ A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which
recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a
particular society
, personification ANS✔✔ A figure of speech in which an object or animal is
given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Gunpowder Plot ANS✔✔ Happened during James I rule. Attempted to blow
up Parliament; failed. Lead by Guy Fawkes 1605
paradox ANS✔✔ A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or
absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Stuart ANS✔✔ James I, Charles I, Charles II, and James II were a part of
what dynasty during the 17th century ?
The name of the royal family during the seventeenth century. ANS✔✔
Stuarts
stuarts ANS✔✔ A Scottish family that ruled England from the early
seventeenth century to the early eighteenth century, except for the eleven years
of the Commonwealth. The last Stuart, Queen Anne, died without any
surviving children. The crown then passed to the House of Hanover.
oxymoron ANS✔✔ A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory
terms appear in conjunction
James I ANS✔✔ 1st Stuart king of England, expressed *Divine Right.* He
often clashed with parliament, *dissenters* (protestants who differed with
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