Literary Terminology
The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken
stress
Who wrote The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde?
Robert Louis Stevenson
Is execution done on Cawdor?
Is execution down on Cawdor.
This vocal technique is called
inflection
Ambition, fate, and the supernatural are some themes in what text?
Macbeth
The Anglo-Saxons believed that ______ controlled their lives.
wyrd or fate
The thought we imagine a character has as he speaks the words in a text; underlying thoughts
subtext
Jekyll and Hyde takes place during what time period?
Victorian
Fair is foul, Foul is Fair
Hover through the fog and filthy air
couplet
The king's code in Beowulf consisted of what three values/traits?
hospitality, generosity, political wisdom
The literal meaning of a word or the dictionary meaning is called
denotation
The hero performs superhuman deeds.
The story has a vast setting.
The action begins in medias res (in the middle).
Characters speak in long, formal speeches.
Supernatural beings exist
are examples of what type of poem?
epic poem
The Anglo-Saxon language (Old English) is made up of what two languages?
Latin and German
Sally sold salads at Subway.
alliteration
Coming of Age, Justice, Family & Community
The Firekeeper's Daughter
The warrior code in Beowulf consists of what three values
strength, loyalty, courage
A text that is longer and more complex than short stories but shorter and simpler than novels is
novella
What three groups of invaders make up the Anglo-Saxons?
Celtics, Romans, Germans
I studied for my quiz forever.
hyperbole
Good versus evil, fate, and loyalty are themes from what text?
Beowulf
Jekyll lives in this neighborhood and Hyde in this
Cavendish Square and Soho
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
iambic pentameter
Storytellers during Beowulf's time were called...
scops
She was a rat for selling out her friend to the cops.
connotation
The limits of scientific experimentation and the effect of society on an individual are themes from what text?
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Trochaic tetrameter consists of how many syllables in a line and with what pattern of syllables?
8 and stressed/unstressed