Imagism - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

English 104 Midterm LATEST EXAM 2023/2024 GRADED A NEV VERSION This afternoon was the color of water falling through sunlight - CORRECT ANSWER Amy Lowell September, 1918 Imagism makes the afternoon something that is visible captures the quality/feeling of the afternoon complexity of language makes us feel like there's something off and makes us focus on the languag

End Rhyme & Internal Rhyme - The repetition of sounds at the ends of words Internal Rhyme- rhyme that occurs within the line of poetry Rhetoric - the art of using language effectively and persuasively Satire - A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. Hyperbole - exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Metaphor - A comparison without using like or as Alliteration - the occurrence of the same letter or sound at ...

-->The scope of the modernist period. 1945-present -->The scope of the contemporary period. What is the function of literature? -->One of the driving questions of the modernist literary period. Modernism -->A mode of art that does not state directly what it is, but instead remains slightly beyond the grasp of general readers. Robert Frost -->Poet whose relationship with formal education was tenuous at best. Moved to England and befriended Ezra Pound, who inspired him to write p...

American Literature CLEP Exam Verified Correctly!! Metaphysical Poetry - Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits. ie. John Donne. Michael Wigglesworth - Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems. Puritan. Connotation - the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie. home = pleasant haven) motif - Phase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature by recurr...

What is modernism? correct answers wanted to change literature completely; were very scientific in approach to literature; wanted to change the way literature was presented Who was Auguste Comte? He was the founder of what? correct answers French Philosopher; idea of positivism-looking at science to supply all answers that are necessary to have. Who was Karl Marx? What did he write? correct answers a man who founded marxism; "The Communist Manifesto" Who was Friedrich Nietzsche? What ...

This afternoon was the color of water falling through sunlight Ans: Amy Lowell September, 1918 Imagism makes the afternoon something that is visible captures the quality/feeling of the afternoon complexity of language makes us feel like there's something off and makes us focus on the language The trees glittered with the tumbling of leaves Ans: Amy Lowell September, 1918 tumbling leaves = fall; tumbling = movement in the wind (near end of fall) tumbling = soldiers falling 1 And ...

ENGL 1011 - Literature and Composition II TRU Metaphor - Answer- A comparison without using like or as Alliteration - Answer- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. stressed syllable within a word ex. In a Sómer Séson, when Sóft was the Sónne ex. When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent THought I Summon up remembrance of THings past I Sigh the lack of many THing I Sought And With old Woes new Wail my dear time's Waste ...

You and I/Me "Between You and I" is wrong, "You and I were meant to fly" is correct Less and Fewer Fewer is used when you can count the objects, less is used when you can't Who and Whom Whom is an objective pronoun (An objective pronoun acts as the object of a sentence—it receives the action of the verb. The objective pronouns are her, him, it, me, them, us, and you); it should be used to refer to the object of a sentence. If you're stuck, you can try this formula: if th...

ABCTE English Exam 178 Questions with Verified Answers The history of English is divided into what three periods? - CORRECT ANSWER Early English (Beginning-1066), Middle Enlgish (), Modern English Danelaw - CORRECT ANSWER a political demarcation established by King Alfred the Great in 868 that gave the eastern half of England to the Danes, but guaranteed that the English who lived there would be treated as full citizens... this preserved the English language What type of literature was ...

Arthur Miller - Answer- "The Death of a Salesman" depicted a man whose failure made him feel like an outcast. Alexander Pope - Answer- (1710-1728) "Rape of the Lock", "An Essay on Man", "The Dunciad" Classical Period - Answer- 1200bc - 455ce Forms: lyric poetry, greek drama (tragedy, comedy)(chorus, deus ex machina) Themes: life/death, morality, season changes, political commentary, satire, Greek mythology, Greek wars, Greek Gods, Roman life Homer (Greek) - Answer- The Iliad a...