Antagonist Any force aligned against the protagonist Catharsis Purification that brings emotional relief or renewal Climax Most exciting moment of the story; turning point Conflict Opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) Denouement The final Read more…
Theme for “Ballad of East and West” A Colonel’s horse is stolen and retrieved by his son Theme for “Crossing the Bar” the barrier between this life and the next Theme for “Dover Beach” ebb and flow of human misery: writer mourns that his age is not an age of Read more…
What do you call an Anglo-Saxon poet? scope What is a comparison of unlike things using like or as? similie What is an Italian stanza form made popular by Dante? Terza Rima What was an attempt or interpret the workings of the unconscious mind as manifested in a dream? Surrealism Read more…
Allegory A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. Alliteration Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together. Example: “The soul selects her own society.” Allusion A Read more…
allegory a narrative in which the characters, behavior, etc. demonstrate symbolism on many levels alliteration repetition of a similar initial sound, usually consonants (She sells sea shells…) allusion a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference anaphora repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases antithesis Read more…
Evangelist directs Christians to the Wicket-gate Worldly Wiseman directs Christians to the village of Morality Obstinate fails to convince Christians to return home Help pulls Christians out of the Slough of Despond Pliable accompanies Christian until he also falls into the Slough of Despond Allegory is a narrative in which Read more…
In the middle English work by Geoffrey Chaucer, pilgrims pass the time telling stories The Canterbury Tales Noted for hi satires of corruption, this individual published Gulliver’s Travels in 1726 Johnathan Swift William Shakespeare wrote all to the following except The Waste Land After serving as secretary to Oliver Cromwell, Read more…
Mrs. Epstein’s plan for the seminar in our English literature class was _____ until she made a resolution to focus on Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminist views. nebulous When they heard what the topic was, students were at first _____, but they became actively interested when they learned more about Wollstonecraft’s ideas. Read more…
The central idea in a work Theme Two rhyming lines which express a complete thought Couplet A play that ends happily Comedy A play that ends unhappily Tragedy A popular Elizabethan love song consisting of voice parts woven together Madrigal Metaphorical, compound words or phrases used in Anglo Saxon poetry Read more…