Lit Terms I
Literary Terms II
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Potpurri
Potpurri 2
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A long narrative poem that tells the story of a hero on an adventure
What is an epic?
100
An Interactive notetaking style that contain definitions, key ideas and questions
What is annotating?
100
The three types of plays written by Shakespeare
What are comedy, tragedy and history?
100
Because it has an expansive setting, supernatural villains and a hero of noble stature, Beowulf is known as this type of poem.
What is epic?
100
The list of sources is called the "References" page in this citation style
What is APA?
200
This type of source tends to be lengthy, peer reviewed and includes a list of sources cited
What is scholarly?
200
The following is an example of which literary device: Question: How did the service begin in the church for vegetables? Answer: Lettuce pray
What is a pun?
200
Although she wrote poetry in her spare time, she is best known for her unexpectedly successful reign and transforming England into a world superpower
Who is Elizabeth I?
200
This theme is often found in lyrical Renaissance poetry like "My Lute Awake"
What is unrequited love?
200
This literary device is demonstrated in the following lines from "My Lute Awake": The rocks do not so cruelly Repulse the waves continually, As she my suit and affection;
What is a simile?
300
A protagonist whose downfall is caused by his own fatal flaw
What is tragic hero?
300
This type of source tends to be short, written for the general public as opposed to a specialized group, and is not peer reviewed or cited
What is popular?
300
After Shakespeare, he is known as the most-loved English author
Who is Chaucer?
300
This church was established by Henry VIII.
What is The Church of England?
300
In Shakespeare, characters who have become mentally unstable tend to speak in ..... rather than in .....
prose verse
400
In Canterbury Tales, Chaucer makes use of this type of humor to mock the Catholic Church and male/female relationships
What is satire?
400
A medieval tale of gallant knights and daring deeds, like "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
What is romance?
400
He is referred to as the "Father of English poetry"
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
400
These were the parents of Elizabeth I
Who are Henry VIII and Ann Boelyn?
400
This device is demonstrated in the following lines from Hamlet: "A little more than kin, and less than kind"
What is a pun?
500
Cornell notes contain these three components
What are: cues column, notes column and summary?
500
Gertrude drinking from the poisoned cup is an example of this device
What is dramatic irony?
500
A contemporary of Shakespeare's and an authorship candidate, he died in a barroom brawl
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
500
This Shakespearean tragic hero is often referred to as "The Melancholy Dane"
Who is Hamlet?
500
Being framed and wrongfully imprisoned inspired this author's cynical view of monarchs and their followers in le Morte d'Arthur
Who is Sir Thomas Malory?