English FINAL Study Guide! (copy)

Diction

________- the choice /use of words in a piece, taking into account things like the audience, location, etc.

Le Morte DArthur

________- Thomas Mallory, Medieval period, about the death of King Arthur, representative because had ideas of chivalry, courtly love, and loyalty to king as well as how not being loyal to ur king= bad.

Monologue

________- a long speech by one actor in a play.

Iambic pentameter

________- heartbeat rhythm in poem, bu- BUM bu- BUM bu- BUM (aka every other syllable is stressed)

Sonnet

________- fit loosely together, fourteen lines using a variety of rhyme schemes.

Satire

________- a literary technique mixing criticism with humor, leads to social reform, always punching up- never punches down.

Ethos

________- appeal to the writers authority.

Allegory

________- figurative mode of representation of abstract qualities.

Simile

________- a figure of speech comparing one thing with another.

Soliloquy

________- aside speech that tells a characters internal thoughts.

Logos

________- appeal to logic.

Beowulf

________- anonymous, Anglo Saxon, a tale of the rise and fall of kings, representative because it has the 5 themes of ASLit (transience, exile, GHI, christianity, fame + glory)

Alliteration

________- repetition of letters esp.

Tragedy

________- dark, feeling of evil, supernatural elements.

Ballad

________- common peoples music, entertainment, records of events.

Pathos

________- appeal to emotions.

Blank

________ verse- verse without rhyme, esp in iambic pentameter.

Morality

________ play- abstract vices /virtues as actual characters.

Irony

________- expressing meaning by using language that typically means the opposite.

Dramatic irony

________- a literary device where the audiences knowledge of what is happening surpasses the characters knowledge.

Macbeth

________- William Shakespeare, Elizabethan period, tale of ambition gone wrong, representative because it gave service to the king, it was a tragedy and not a morality play, and it had a lot of hidden more lowbrow jokes.

Sir Gawain

________ and the Green Knight- Gawain poet (anonymous basically), Medieval period, about ________ and his quest to kill some guy with a beard before he kills him first, representative because chivalry, honor being valued, idea of a not perfect knight that still is good.

Code of chivalry

________- system of manners for knights.

Vocabulary

- You will be expected to match these words

Kenning

basically a riddle, describes something in two words instead of just saying it (i.e

scop

bard, minstrel

Caesura

a pause

Alliteration

repetition of letters esp

Simile

a figure of speech comparing one thing with another

metaphor

a figure of speech where a word/phrase is applied to an object/action that it is not comparable to

Sonnet

fit loosely together, fourteen lines using a variety of rhyme schemes

Ballad

common peoples music, entertainment, records of events

Morality play

abstract vices/virtues as actual characters

Code of chivalry

system of manners for knights

Allegory

figurative mode of representation of abstract qualities

Blank verse

verse without rhyme, esp in iambic pentameter

Ethos

appeal to the writers authority

Pathos

appeal to emotions

Logos

appeal to logic

Soliloquy

aside speech that tells a characters internal thoughts

Monologue

a long speech by one actor in a play

Comic relief

comic episodes in a drama that offset more serious sections

tragedy

dark, feeling of evil, supernatural elements

Irony

expressing meaning by using language that typically means the opposite

Dramatic irony

a literary device where the audiences knowledge of what is happening surpasses the characters knowledge

Theme

a universal idea, lesson, or message expressed in literature

Diction

the choice/use of words in a piece, taking into account things like the audience, location, etc

Iambic pentameter

heartbeat rhythm in poem, bu-BUM bu-BUM bu-BUM (aka every other syllable is stressed)

You will also need to know the following information

Author Time period Basic plot summary How it is a representative piece of work from the time period

Beowulf

anonymous, Anglo Saxon, a tale of the rise and fall of kings, representative because it has the 5 themes of ASLit (transience, exile, GHI, christianity, fame + glory)

Seafarer

anonymous (

Le Morte DArthur

Thomas Mallory, Medieval period, about the death of King Arthur, representative because had ideas of chivalry, courtly love, and loyalty to king as well as how not being loyal to ur king = bad

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Gawain poet (anonymous basically), Medieval period, about Sir Gawain and his quest to kill some guy with a beard before he kills him first, representative because chivalry, honor being valued, idea of a not perfect knight that still is good

Macbeth

William Shakespeare, Elizabethan period, tale of ambition gone wrong, representative because it gave service to the king, it was a tragedy and not a morality play, and it had a lot of hidden more lowbrow jokes

Queens speech at Tilbury

Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabethan period, speech to inspire the troops to battle, representative because its Elizabeth and this is the Elizabethan period, also it had similar religious themes to Reformation(?)

Foxes book of Martyrs

John Foxe, Elizabethan period, tales of martyrs (duh), representative because showed the struggle between Puritans and Anglicans as well as the growing tensions

Passionate Shepherd to his Love

Christopher Marlowe, Elizabethan period, a shepherds desire to run around in the fields with his love, representative because idealized love and pastoral poetry

Poems by John Donne

John Donne….. yah

Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift, Restoration Period, eat kids to stop poverty, representative because satire and showed the growing problems with poverty in the world at this time