Literary Terms - English III HH Final Exam

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Carpe diem

shortness of life - uncertainty of future

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pastoral poetry

idealized country life

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who wrote pastoral poetry?

urban poets

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metaphysical poetry

intellectual poetry

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What was literature during the Age of Reason like? What did this convey?

witty and satirical to assert good sense addressed to educated and privileged classes

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satire

a work that ridicules its subject through different techniques to criticize or comment on it

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examples of techniques used in satire

  • hyperbole

  • reversal

  • incongruity

  • parody

  • verbal irony

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