english

metaphor

A comparison not using like or as.

etymology

Gives the history or origin of a word.

obsolete

Words that have completely passed out of usage.

archaic

Words that are rarely used.

entry word

The word or phrase that is to be defined.

standard formal

Highest form of writing.

standard informal

Colloquial, everyday speech.

nonstandard

Careless writing, uneducated, incorrect.

or

Used when spellings are equally acceptable.

simile

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

personification

Attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities.

hyperbole

Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.

misplaced modifier

A modifier that is improperly separated from the word it modifies.

wrong word

An inappropriate term used in context.

faulty coordination

Inadequate coordination between phrases or clauses.

dangling modifier

A word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence.

fragment

An incomplete sentence.

AD

Anno Domini; in the year of our Lord.

i.e.

That is (from Latin 'id est').

e.g.

For example (from Latin 'exempli gratia').

gobbledygook

The language of officialdom, often regarded as convoluted or jargon-filled.

1/2 inch

The standard length of a new paragraph indent.

hyphen

A punctuation mark used to join words or separate syllables.

spell out

To write out numbers that are below two words.

spelled out

When 'reverend' is used after 'the,' it is spelled out, not abbreviated.

To A Louse

A poem by Burns that teaches sincerity.

poetry

The dominant writing form of the romantic period.

elegiac

Characterized by somber meditations on death.

Milton

The poet immortalized in London 1802.

wedding guest

The character whom the Mariner tells his story to.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

The story that introduced the Byronic hero.

Byronic hero

A rebellious, brooding, proud man.

François de Bonnivard

The character imprisoned in The Prisoner of Chillon.

Ode on a Grecian Urn

The most famous ode in English.

Sir Walter Scott

The author who popularized the historical novel.

Jane Austen

The author who popularized the novel of manners.

shield

What Rebecca wore for protection while looking out the window.

Mr. Darcy

The character in Pride and Prejudice who was full of himself.

Jane

The character who danced with Mr. Bingley twice.

Elizabeth

Mr. Bennet's favorite daughter.

Lines Written in Early Spring

The conflict between the beauty of nature and the depravity of man.

Expostulation and Reply

The power of nature to impress our minds.

The Tables Turned

Nature is a better teacher than man.

A Slumber did my Spirit Seal

A reflection on the death of Lucy.

When I Have Born in Memory

A man's patriotic feeling for his country.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The poem discussing the love binding all related things.

Ode on a Grecian Urn

Permanence in a world of change can be satisfied by art.

Mutability

All things are prone to change.

My Native Land

A poet's love for his homeland.

Pride and Prejudice

The first significant novel to deal with an entire family.

I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud

A poem by William Wordsworth.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

A poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

A work by George Gordon Lord Byron.

Lines Written in Early Spring

A lament on what man has made of man (Wordsworth).

Ode: Intimations of Immortality

The rainbow comes and goes, and lovely is the rose (Wordsworth).

Near Dover

A poem on divine protection if virtuous and wise (Wordsworth).

The Rime of The Ancient Mariner

Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink (Coleridge).

Song for St Cecilia's Day

Secret organs praise (Dryden).

Kubla Khan

Alph sacred river runs through caverns to the sunless sea (Coleridge).

Battle of Blenheim

A relating of a famous battle (Southey).

Ode to the West Wind

If winter comes can spring be far behind (Shelley).

Ode on a Grecian Urn

Beauty is truth and truth is beauty (Keats).

epigram

a concise saying that is often witty and satirical

novel

type of extended prose fiction

john dryden

a song for st. cecilias day

alexander pope

essay on man

essay on man

“say first of God above or man below what can we reason but from what we know”

Friday

who did Crusoe save

richard steele

the tatler

the tatler

“fair sex…honor of whom I name this paper”

joseph addison

the spectator

sir Roger de coverly

character in the spectator

6 inches

how tall were the liliputians

yahoos

what were the men called

robert burns

scotlands greatest poet