Poetic forms - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

-->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...

ORELA English Language Arts Questions and Answers 2023 Fable Primarly used to instruct or guide. Often uses amimals Alliteration the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. iambic pentameter a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable Hyperbole exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. epigram a witty saying expressing a single thoug...

CLEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 100% Correct alliteration Repetition of a constanant sound - do or die; safe and sound. A common use for alliteration is emphasis. It occurs in everyday speech in such prhases as "tittle-tattle," "bag and baggage," "bed and board," "primrose path," and "through thick and thin" and in sayings like "look before you leap." allusion a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.a brief reference to a ...

Crat, cras – Oid (2022/2023) Already Passed crat, cras mix crater (noun) a depression that is bowl or cup-shaped idiosyncrasy (noun) a characteristic distinguishing an individual; an eccentricity theocrasy (noun) a mixture of different gods eucrasia (noun) normal health; physical well-being dyscrasia (noun) abnormal condition of the body cosm world; order cosmos (noun) the universe conceived as an orderly and harmonious system cosmopolitan (adjective) belonging to all the world; not lo...

CASKET Creation, Abraham, Sinai, Kings, Exile, Temple Pentateuch/Torah/Books of Moses Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy Historical Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther Poetical/Poetry Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs Prophetic (major) Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel Prophetic (minor) Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, ...

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...

3 Genres - Answer/s below Poetry Prose Drama 3 Forms of Literary Expression - Answer/s below American Literature British Literature Works in Translation Prose - Answer/s below The most common form of written language following natural speech patterns and grammatical structure Phonic - Answer/s below Pertaining to sound from speech Fiction - Answer/s below Imaginary narrative; the information or events are created by the author Non-Fiction - Answer/s below Writing that delivers fa...

Praxis 5038 Latest Update Graded A Neoclassicism (Late 17th c. and 18th c.) Restoration, Augustan, Age of Johnson. Writers looked to the ideals and art forms of classical times. The age of reason. (Austen, Moliere, Johnson, Locke, Pope) Romanticism (extended) but technically Coincides with the age of revolutions, reaction to the neoclassical period. Nature, symbolism, myth, emotion, lyric poetry, the self. Imagination and expression over reason. (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats,...

CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature Exam 3 Genres - Answer-Poetry Prose Drama 3 Forms of Literary Expression - Answer-American Literature British Literature Works in Translation Prose - Answer-The most common form of written language following natural speech patterns and grammatical structure Phonic - Answer-Pertaining to sound from speech Fiction - Answer-Imaginary narrative; the information or events are created by the author Non-Fiction - Answer-Writing that delivers fa...

NES English Language Arts Secondary Endorsement Test Already Passed Epic Long narrative poem; heroes are presented and heroic deeds evidenced; heroic deeds are significant to a given culture. Ode Lyrical verse; a classic ode structured in three different parts: the strophe, antistrophe, and epode; English odes are usually tributes for a specific individual. Strophe Part of the ode that the chorus chants as it moves from right to left across the stage. Antistrophe Repetition of the same word o...