a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
What is an allegory?
100
The ground parched and cracked is like overbaked bread,
The greensward all wracked is, bents dried up and dead.
The fallow fields glitter like water indeed,
And gossamers twitter, flung from weed unto weed.
What is "Autumn" by John Clare?
100
German poet who was engaged in scientific discoveries and practiced law
What is J.W. Goethe?
100
Well known Cavalier poet; tried to imitate the grace and polish of Classical Latin poetry
Who is Andrew Marvell?
100
refers to an emotional release for the characters in a literary work, or an emotional release for the audience of the work. In Greek, the word catharsis literally means "cleansing"
What is catharsis?
200
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
200
`Twas but a dream, yet by my heart I knew,
Which still was panting, part of it was true:
Oh how I strove the rest to have believed;
Ashamed and angry to be undeceived!
What is "The Dream" by Aphra Behn?
200
Wrote in a satirical style, often making fun of the popular style of poetry for the time...meow.
Who is Thomas Gray?
200
Wrote a story about a man who travels to many mystical realms and saw many people of all shapes and sizes
Who is Jonathan Swift?
200
figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object.
What is personification?
300
uses pronouns like he, she, it, or they
What is 3rd Person Point of View?
300
’Twas on a lofty vase’s side,
Where China’s gayest art had dyed
The azure flowers that blow;
Demurest of the tabby kind,
The pensive Selima, reclined,
Gazed on the lake below.
What is "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes" by Thomas Gray?
300
This poet probably had a lot of marital problems based off of the fact that she wrote a lot about rape..
Who is Aphra Behn?
300
This author wrote a survivor story about a man that lives on an island inhabited by cannibals
Who is Daniel Defoe?
300
a literary device that an author uses to give traditionally human feelings or actions to an animal, plant, or inanimate object
What is anthropomorphism?
400
a literary work dealing with shepherds and rustic life
What is pastoral poetry?
400
A POOL was once congeal'd with frost;
The frogs, in its deep waters lost,
No longer dared to croak or spring;
But promised, being half asleep,
If suffer'd to the air to creep,
What is "Frogs" by J.W. Goethe?
400
His favorite time of the year falls between summer and winter
Who is John Clare?
400
was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe
Who is Daniel Defoe?
500
a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead
What is elegy?
500
Vengeful Heaven, where is your wrath?
now my land is overcome, prostrate,
and in beloved Albania’s infinite skies,
What is "Florante's Lament" Francisco Baltazar y dela Cruz?
500
Wrote elegy poems while sitting in debtor's jail
Who is Charlotte Smith?
500
a satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet
Who is Jonathan Swift?
500
Throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?
What is corn on the cob? Because you throw away the husk, cook and eat the kernels, and throw away the cob.