Vocabulary
Grammar
Poetry Terms
Literary Periods
Works & Authors
100
shameless, impudent - ACCOMPLICE, MOROSE, BRAZEN, OPAQUE
Brazen
100
Name 5 prepositions
in, out, over, under, about, of, for, inside, behind, outside, etc...
100
What is personification?
Giving human-like traits to something non-human
100
This literary period follows the Renaissance Era, focusing on science and reason.
Enlightenment
100
In what century was Shakespeare born?
16th - 1500s
200
hidden, present but not realized -- PARAMOUNT, MILITANT, LATENT, EXODUS
Latent
200
What is an indirect object and can it exist without a direct object?
the object that receives the action of the subject, verb, and direct object -- it canNOT exist without a direct object
200
Define metaphor and simile, and give the difference between the two.
Metaphors and similes are both images representing something as something else. Similes use "like" or "as."
200
This literary period is from 1820-1920, and the main focus of authors was to make sure what they wrote reflected the world as accurately as possible.
Naturalism
200
Who is the first creator of the sonnet?
Petrarch
300
Not able to be corrected; beyond control -- STAGNANT, PRIM, TENACIOUS, INCORRIGIBLE
Incorrigible
300
What are the three types of conjunction?
Coordinating, Correlating, Subordinating
300
What is iambic pentameter? Give an example.
Five feet of poetry with unstressed/stressed patterns in the meter. I DO not LOVE thee LIKE I USED to LOVE…. etc
300
This literary period includes authors like Shakespeare and John Milton.
Renaissance
300
How many deaths of main characters occur in Romeo & Juliet?
5
400
to liken to or become like something/one else -- APEX, TENACIOUS, SUPPLANT, ASSIMILATE
Assimilate
400
Name every word in the sentence (Name what part of the sentence it is, what it modifies, etc) ---- ****The brave and triumphant hero saved the little girl from the fire.****
The - article, brave & triumphant - adjectives, and - conjunction, hero - subject, saved - verb, the - article, little - adjective, girl - direct object, from - preposition, the - article, fire - object of the preposition
400
List the three types of alliteration and define/give an example of each.
**Consonance - repetition of consonant sound "fighting for fire"** **Assonance - repetition of vowel sound "inside my mighty mind"** **Sibilance - repetition of "s" sound "she sells sea shells"**
400
This literary period, beginning with WWI, included authors like Hemingway, who abandoned an older style of writing in which the world was portrayed as wonderful and loving. This new style in this era reflected the chaos and confusion that went hand-in-hand with the onset of war.
Modernism
400
Think back to the poem "Out, Out -" by Robert Frost. What was a main theme of this poem?
Children working adult jobs, danger of working young, need for childhood
500
clear -- APEX, LUCRATIVE, LUCID, PERILOUS
Lucid
500
List three different parts of a sentence that conjunctions connect (give examples of each)
Answers will vary
500
Define both types of sonnet, give the rhyme scheme for each, and describe their structure.
Shakespearean - ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG - 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet **** Petrarchan - ABBA ABBA, CDCDCD - 1 Octave, 1 Sestet
500
This literary period runs from approximately 1798-1870. It focuses on the individual, and during this time, characters were well-developed.
Romanticism
500
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write, and who were they to?
154, to his mistress/forbidden love who left him
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