Definitions
Poems
Important Works
Definitions II
Potpourri
100
type of literature
What is genre?
100
These poems were sung to accompaniment - normally a lyre.
What is a lyrical poem?
100
This piece may or may not have been written by Homer
What is the Illiad?
100
Form of expression in which something is explained in terms of something else.
What is a metaphor?
100
This is who your instructor called a "batty old lady." But she liked the name so much she named her daughter this.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
This is a long, narrative poem which tells about a hero
What is an epic?
200
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What is a pattern?
200
This is considered the first epic poem.
What is Gilgamesh?
200
Poetry that was written in the past 100 years or so.
What is modern poetry?
200
This time period began the emergence of works by African-Americans.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
300
a piece of literature that has outlived its time and continues to be relevant.
What is a classic?
300
a poem that is 14 lines
What is a sonnet?
300
William Blake's "The Lamb" talks about sacrifice. Which of his poems talks of evil?
What is "The Tiger?"
300
This piece of literature is a long narrative.
What is a novel?
300
A Spanish work that is considered the first western novel.
What is "Don Quixote?"
400
This is what makes poetry "sing-songy"
What is imabic pentameter?
400
This poem has rhythm but no rhyme
What is blank verse?
400
This type of literature is considered an American invention.
What is the short story?
400
Fitzgerald and Hemingway attempted to write this.
What is the great American novel?
400
This was the first novel to tell the story through the eyes of a child.
What is "Huckleberry Finn?"
500
A work of literature that exceeds what other writers were doing at the same time
What is a masterpiece?
500
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What are the syllables in a haiku?
500
This type of poetry was developed by the Greeks and Romans.
What is lyrical poetry?
500
A sudden insight into life or human nature
What is an epiphany?
500
The basis of the Japanese short poem, the haiku.
What is nature?
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