Vocabulary
What is reek?
A figure of speech that makes an imaginative comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a simile?
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but may, in reality, express a truth or tension
What is a paradox?
"There she weaves by night and day a magic web with colors gay. She has heard a whisper say, a curse is on her if she stay to look down to Camelot."
What is "The Lady of Shalott" by Tennyson?
This short poem was written by Blake and was about evil on this Earth?
What is "The Tiger" by Blake?
This word means to refuse; reject by showing contempt
What is scorn?
Something that stands for both itself and something more than itself
What is a symbol?
A slippery concept that can sometimes be deeply embedded in a work’s themes or narrative, and sometimes closer to the surface in the actions or behavior of characters
What is satire?
"Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run, and wash in a river, and shine in the Sun."
What is "The Chimney Sweepers (Innocence)" by Blake?
This piece of work was about a mariner who is cursed
What is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge?
This word means to die or come to an end
Two seemingly unlike things are compared without using connective words such as like or as
What is a metaphor?
The commencement of two or more nearby words with the same letter or sound
What is alliteration?
"At length did cross an Albatross, thorough the fog it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, we hailed it in God's name.
What is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge?
This poem is about how innocence is lost once you get older
What is "The Chimney Sweepers (Experience)" by Blake?
This word means used as
What is wrenched?
An obvious and intentional exaggeration, such as “I read a million books this summer.”
What is a hyperbole?
A story in which the characters or developments symbolize real people or events
What is allegory?
"And it grew both day and night, till it bore an apple bright; And my for beheld it shine, and he knew that it was mine..."
What is "A Poison Tree" by Blake?
This story is about a woman who is cursed and cannot leave a tower for if she does she will die
What is "The Lady of Shalott" by Tennyson?
What is tyrannous?
An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or artistic work
What is an allusion?
Putting together clues from the text and making logical conclusions about each speaker's motives and traits
What is drawing inferences?
"O Attic shape! Fair attitude! With brede of marble men and maidens overwrought...When old age shall this generation waste, thou shalt remain, in the midst of other woe..."
What is "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by Keats?
This story is about a man who kills his lover for not committing to him
What is "Porphyria's Lover" by Browning?