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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Shakespeare
Literary Terms
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In the outside of this frame tale, who stops the wedding guest to tell his tale?
the mariner
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What did Shakespeare use to create the world of his plays?
language (imagery)
100
Define alliteration.
the repetition of intial sounds
100
Define ephemeral.
short lived
100
Define circumspect.
cautious
200
During which time period was The Rime of the Ancient Mariner written?
Romantic
200
What is the error or character trait that leads to the downfall of the hero in Shakespearean tragedy called?
the tragic flaw
200
Define allusion.
a brief reference
200
Define blatant.
obvious
200
Define blase.
laid-back, nonchalant, "been there done that"
300
Which term is used to describe the following, "Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink."
paradox
300
Name three types of imagery Shakespeare used in Macbeth.
blood/weather/light&dark/animal/sleeplessness/clothing/ disease
300
Define personification.
giving human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas
300
Define disdain.
strong dislike
300
Define harbinger.
foreteller, omen, indication of what's to come
400
What is the theme of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
respect nature
400
What is it called when an actor has a speech or two actors have a dialogue that the other persons on stage are not intended to hear?
an aside
400
Define couplet.
Two lines of rhyming poetry
400
Define facade.
false front
400
Define dissident.
rebel,outspoken, one who disagrees, nonconformist
500
What is the albatross symbolic of?
man's connection to nature/ man's connection to God/ God's connection to nature/nature/Christ
500
What was Shakepeare's work influenced by?
Greek theatre/ Aristotle/ Ovid/ history/ available fiction/ his life
500
Define prose.
any writing that is not poetry
500
Define aesthetic.
artistic, pertaining to beauty
500
Define engender.
to produce, create or stimulate