| Literary Terms (Definitions only) | Keat's Ode | Medieval Period: Chaucer, Green Knight, Federigo's Falcon | Under Pressure and musical lyrics | Poetic Tribute to Veterans ... |
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What is personification
Giving human traits or characteristics to an inanimate object, or non-human element
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What is Keat's ode that is his masterpiece and most known for his use of apostrophe
Ode on a Grecian Urn
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What is greed
Chaucer's allegory, "The Pardoner's Tale" proves that
______ is the root of all evil" |
What is personification and anaphora
"Cause love's such an old-fashioned word,
And Love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night. And Love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves..." (2 devices) Queen, Under Pressure lyrics |
What is a metaphor
"I am your Wall. Respect me, hold me, caress me, love me, as I love you."
written by John Breska, 44th Scout Platoon, 25th Div. Vietnam 69-70 |
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What is apostrophe
A speaker speaks to an absent
person, or deceased person, or an inanimate object A speaker speaks to an absent person, or an inanimate object |
What is an example of apostrophe ... what Keats called the urn
"Thou still unravished bride of quietness
Thou foster child of silence Sylvan Historian..." |
What is The Canterbury Tales
Ex. of "frames" within frame: "The Pardoner's Tale" and "The Wife of Bath's Tale"
An example of a "frame" story that has pilgrims relating moral tales as they journey to Canterbury to see the shrine of St. Thomas a Beckett written by Geoffrey Chaucer
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What is alliteration and simile
"Pressure on people, people on streets.
Turned away from it all like a blind man" (2 devices) Queen, Under Pressure lyrics |
What is alliteration or alliterative verse
"On foreign soil, you found yourself planted
to fight for those whose freedom you granted" |
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What is a metaphor
A comparison of two dissimilar ideas or elements so that the reader has a greater understanding of idea presented (without using like or as)
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What is a paradox
(It appears contradictory until examined further for the logic of expression)
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter"
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What is The Wife of Bath's Tale
The tale that teaches the moral lesson that what women want most is "sovereignty over their husbands" ( interesting to note that this was written in the 1400s!)
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What is imagery
"Sometimes you gotta kiss somebody
in the back of a cab or on a subway train On a midnight street in the summer rain" Morgan Evans, Kiss Somebody lyrics |
What is apostrophe
"Dear Soldier,
Thank you for giving your life for those you never knew" (poem written by a high school student, Callie Crofts, Firth High School, class of 2005) |
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What is an allusion
Referencing another literary work, mythical god/goddess, Biblical passage, historical event, current event or pop icon in a writing or literary selection
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What is chiasmus
reversal of word order for deeper meaning, significance
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty"
That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know" |
What is Sir Gawain's downfall, and an enormous lesson to learn about life and decisions one makes.
The Green Knight, who also is Bertilak, teaches Sir Gawain "knightful lessons" that reach beyond the Round Table ... he tempts him with his own wife.
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What is hyberbole
(exaggeration)
"And I'm one number away from calling
to you I said I was through, but I'm dying inside..." Luke Combs, One Number Away lyrics |
What is an allusion
"In Vietnam, Korea, and World Wars past
Our Men fought Bravely so Freedom Would Last" (poet, Jerry Callow, 2003) |
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What is juxtaposition
Placing two contrasting ideas together in the same paragraph or passage for effect
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What is synecdoche
(a part used to represent a whole, for depth of analysis of idea presented)
"A burning forehead, and a parching tongue"
Meaning fever of body, and thirst of entire being |
What is irony or more specifically,
situational and dramatic irony Situational: Monna wants the falcon for her son; Federigo killed his prized bird to feed her dinner and win her love Dramatic: The reader knows what happened to falcon before Monna (character) does.
In "Federigo's Falcon", the falcon symbolizes the utmost love that Federigo has for Monna Giovanna, and also represents a specific literary device in the story.
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What is an idiom
Idiomatic expression that has a figurative and literal meaning understood by native speakers
"Hold the line
Love isn't always on time... Hold the line" Toto, Hold the Line lyrics (expression also used in football, military) |
What is anaphora or repetition of beginning words or phrases
Eulogy for a Veteran
Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the Gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the mornings hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight, I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die." |
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