English poem

zeugma

One word used to describe two things. Elevates one and declines the other

Chiasmus

When a line or a an idea is repeated backwards. Ex. raDar

Litoties

Using the opposite or negative to say something. Ex. “not bad“ to mean good

Paideia

Greek for child. To teach a child. Based from reading poems to learn or “How to poems”

Mimesis

Imitation is what humans are built on. How people learn

Enkyklios paidia

Now known as encyclopedia. We’ll rounded Education. A cycle or learning.

Conventions of an epic

Central characters are of heroic proportions

Setting is vast

Supernatural machinery

Perilous journey

Decent to the underworld

Beautiful gardens, marvelous buildings

Epic catalogues

Harangue of the troops

Invocation of the muse

Descent from heaven

Multiple of 12 books

Epic simile

In media’s res

epic simile

starts a big section with “as“ (vehicle) and follows with a short passage beiging with “so“ or “such“(tenor)

in medias res

in to the middle thing. when a story doesnt start at the begining like starwars.

o felix culpa

o happy a fourth knowledge or human resonse.

theodicy

to justify the wayy of god to men

satire

make something look ridiculous

inflate it or deflate it (or both- zeugma)

rapeo rapere

to seize

carpo carpere

to pluck (seize the day)

2 genres of a mock epic

bildungsromam - novel of formation

Kunstlerromam - novel of formation of an artisit

3 parts of a romance piece

outward journey

chapel perilous

(not all move on from here)

Triumphant return