Metaphysical poetry - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

English Literature CLEP Latest 2023 Graded A heroic couple a rhyming pair of iambic-pentameter lines, first used extensively in English by Chaucer and later developed as a syntactically complete unit, esp. by Dryden and Pope (Ex.: "In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend") terza rima -(tert′sə rē′mə) a verse form of Italian origin, made up of tercets, the second line of each tercet rhyming with the first and third lines of the next one (aba,...

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 ...

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...

ABCTE ELA TEST PREP 63 Questions with Verified Answers DECONSTRUCTION - CORRECT ANSWER METHOD OF ANALYSIS THAT EXPLORES THE UNDERLYING CONTRADICTIONS WITHIN A WORK DRAMATIS PERSONAE - CORRECT ANSWER THE CHARACTERS OR ACTORS IN A PLAY FALSE DIVISION - CORRECT ANSWER NARROWING THE SCOPE OF THE ARGUMENT BY NOT ALLOWING THE POSSIBLITY OF OTHER OPTIONS HAMARTIA - CORRECT ANSWER TRAGIC FLAW APOSTROPHE - CORRECT ANSWER A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH A WRITER DIERECTLY ADDRESSES AN INANIMATE...

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 recurring throughout it. A theme or idea in ...

Francois Rabelais ANSWER- Works were a mix between social satire, licentious comedy, and humanist philosophy, works were banned from the Catholic Church. Major works: "Gargantuan and Pantagreul" Michel de Montaigne ANSWER- Introduction to the essay to Western Culture. Major works: "Essays". Counseled Parliament until 1571, then retired and wrote. Christopher Marlowe ANSWER- English author, most important Elizabethan dramatist prior to Shakespeare, Major works: "Edward II", "Tamburla...

Spain today (politics, economy, geography, culture) - Answer- -*Democracy under parliamentary constitutional monarchy* -*Member of EU* -*Majority Roman Catholic* (religious freedom) -*Tourism* is one of the main sources of income. -Important developers/producers of *renewable energy*, in particular *solar power*. -*strong economy, high quality of life* -*SW Europe, Iberian Peninsula to the south of France and Andorra and to the east of Portugal. It has coastlines on the Bay of Biscay (a p...

TExES English, Language Arts, and Reading 7-12 231 Latest Update Graded A+ 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...

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...

ABCTE ELA Exam 202 Questions with Verified Answers Paragraph - CORRECT ANSWER A group of connected sentences covering one main topic in a work of prose (such as novels) Stanza - CORRECT ANSWER A group of verses covering one main topic in a work of poetry Couplets - CORRECT ANSWER two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. Dialogue - CORRECT ANSWER Conversation between characters, typically in a play Monologue or Soliloquy - CORRECT ANSWE...