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Literary Periods to 300
Literary Forms
Poetic Forms
Misc.
Misc. II
100
Breakdown of catholicism resulting in establisment of Protestant churches. Led by Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Reformation
100
19 line poem divided into five tercets (three-line stanzas)
What is Villanelle
100
No definite rhyme scheme or rhythm
What is Free Verse
100
Writing that depicts the random flow of thoughts, emotions, memories, and associations running through a character's mind
What is Stream of Consciousness
100
A brief, clever and memorable statement
What is Epigram
200
Intellectual movement which restored the study of the classics (Greek and Roman writings)
What is Humanism
200
Story in which main character comes to an unhappy end
What is Tragedy
200
Iambic Pentameter written with no rhyme scheme
What is Blank Verse
200
A perfect pattern
What is Archetype
200
A 19 line poem divided into five tercets with "ABA" rhyme scheme until last quatrain which is "ABAA"
What is Villanelle
300
Having qualtities and tastes that are associated with classical Rome.
What is Augustan
300
Story characterized by gloomy settings and an atmosphere of terror and mystery
What is Gothic
300
Six line stanza or poem
What is sestet
300
The repitition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammitical structure or that restate a similar idea
What is Parrellelism
300
A recurring word, character, object , image, idea, or metaphor in literature
What is Motif
400
Long narritive poem that tells the story of a larger than life hero that embodies the values of a particular society
What is an Epic
400
A single imagination working with in the epic tradition
What is Literary Epic
400
14 line lyric poem in iambic pentamenter and definite rhyme scheme
What is Sonnet
400
An Error in judgement or a character's weakness
What is Tragic Flaw
400
A play on the multiple meanings of words ("Why was Cleopatra so negative? Because she was the Queen of "denial")
What is a Pun
500
Story within a story. One character proceeds to tell indivisual stories.
What is Frame Story
500
LIterature that depicts country life in idyllic, idealized terms
What is Pastoral
500
Figure of speech in which the part represents the whole
What is Synecdoche
500
Writing or speech that combines verbal cleverness with keen perceptions
What is Wit
500
A kind of cutting irony in which praise is used tauntingly to indicate its opposite in meaning
What is Sarcasm