Epic poetry - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Question 1 1.1 Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. The name has traditionally been applied to those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic excellence of their execu...

connotation - correct answer an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. denotation - correct answer the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. part of speech - correct answer a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions. In English the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and inter...

ODYSSEY PART 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED. oral tradition - -stories told orally, not written, and past down epic - -long narrative poem, usually about a hero myth - -mans attempt to understand the world and answer questions protagonist - -good (hero) main character antagonist - -villian of story - against protagonist theme - -insight or message in a work of literature Hesiod - -wrote the origin of all the gods Calliope - -goddess of epic poetry - one of Zeus' ni...

CSTU 101 CH. 3 Ancient Greece Popular Greek inventions - correct answer The crane and dice. Classical Ideal: Humanism - correct answer Confidence in human power and ingenuity. Classical Ideal: Fatalism - correct answer Humans' pride and ambition might bring self destruction. Minoan Culture - correct answer Figure of the Bull central in both religious practice and cultural creation. Development of pottery. Labyrinth and Minotaur. Mycenaean Culture - correct answer Warrior Civiliz...

PRAXIS 2 MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (5047)-READING WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% 2023 Drama a piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage. Poetry Written in verses that may be complete sentences, clauses, or phrases. Rhyming or unrhymed verse. Poetry meter following a particular rhythmic pattern: iambic, dactylic, spondaic, trochaic, or anapestic-w/o regular meter. Also, described by the number of beats or stressed syllables per verse. Gives the poem flow...

The Odyssey Part 1 Test Review 2024 Questions and Answers In the opening verses Homer invokes (calls upon) the Muse of epic poetry named___________. - Correct Answer ️️ -Calliope Who are the Muses? - Correct Answer ️️ -They are any of the nine goddesses of the arts, literature, and the sciences. In the Adventures of Odysseus: Paraphrase lines 10-15 that tell what happens to Odysseus' men. - Correct Answer ️️ -They ate the cattle of Helios and died. In the Adventures of Odyss...

OAE Question and answers rated A+OAE (020) LONG NARRATIVE POEM - correct answer epic poem strophe and antistrophe/ lyrical poem - correct answer ODE Narrative Poetry / tells story about big event - correct answer Ballad Poem 19 lines long, 5 tercets, and one concluding quatrains - correct answer Villanelle Poem Ryme scheme ABA, ABA, ABA, ABA, ABA, ABAA - correct answer Villanelle Poem 3 lines (5 syllables and 7, then 5 again) - correct answer Haiku Poem 5 lines,...

PRAXIS II FUNDAMENTAL SUBJECTS CONTENT KNOWLEDGE- ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% Initial Construction stage, reader has contact with content, structure, genre, and the language of the text, using prior knowledge to build an understanding of the elements Developing Extending stage, reading delves into the text, using background knowledge to build an understanding of the literary piece with new information being absorbed and used to ask questions Reflection/respons...

What is the term for a highly sexualized, womanizing male character found in a Restoration comedy? - Rake What writer is credited with putting together the standard English dictionary until Oxford came along in the late 19th century? - Samuel Johnson Who was England's first official poet laureate? - John Donne An artistic movement that swept through Europe starting in the 14th century. - Renaissance Two rhyming lines placed directly together sharing the same meter. - couplet What...

Language that is being spoken to a person is called _____________ language. - receptive Language that expresses thoughts and feelings to others is called ________________ language. - expressive stressed, unstressed, unstressed - dactylic stressed, stressed - spondee stressed, unstressed - trochaic unstressed, stressed - iambic unstressed, unstressed, stressed - anapestic The __________ English literary time period lasted from . Writers of this time: Charles Dickens, Robe...