17th Century
An extended metaphor that makes an unexpected comparison
What is a conceit?
This movement, based on the imitation of works of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, became popular during this time period.
What is Neoclassicism?
Two characteristics or values of Romantic writing
What are: Nature as a healer, Emotion/Passion, Individualism, Innocence/Childhood, Imagination (Escapism), The Supernatural?
This monarch reigned for over 60 years.
Who is Queen Victoria?
A comparison of two things using like or as
What is a simile?
The most well-known metaphysical poet of this period
Who is John Donne?
This 18th century writer produced the first standard English dictionary.
Who is Samuel Johnson?
The three storytellers of Frankenstein
Who are Robert Walton, Frankenstein, and the creature?
The term Algernon used for someone who avoids an unpleasant situation by making up a fictitious person
What is a Bunburyist?
The repetition of a sound at the beginning of closely-spaced words
What is alliteration?
This type of poet expressed a "seize the day" philosophy in their writings. (Name one poet for a bonus.)
What is Cavalier?
Bonus: Robert Herrick
The two writers (we studied) during this period who used satire extensively
Who are Pope and Swift?
Dark creepy settings, omens, the supernatural, and high emotions make Frankenstein this type of novel.
What is a Gothic novel?
This innovative Victorian poet experimented with original words, inventive rhymes, and sprung rhythm.
Who is Gerard Manley Hopkins?
A short, witty saying that conveys a truth
What is an epigram?
This poet was the forerunner of Neoclassicism
Who is Ben Jonson?
This poet was an important forerunner of Romanticism even though he lived during the late 1700s.
Who is Thomas Gray?
Frankenstein is an example of this type of novel, in which there is a story within a story within another story.
What is a frame novel?
Enjoying art for art's sake was a characteristic of this movement during the Victorian era.
What is Aestheticism?
Giving objects or creatures human characteristics
What is personification?
An example of this type of novel is C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, which is written as a series of letters.
What is an epistolary novel?
Two techniques of satire used by writers
What are: Incongruity, Reversal, Exaggeration/Understatement, and Parody?
The names of at least two of the cottagers whose lives Frankenstein's creature watched and learned from
Who are Felix, Safie, Agatha, and the old man (De Lacey)?
What is deus ex machina?
What is assonance?