Modules 9-11 Quiz

Animosities

Plural of animosity; a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action

Deference

Respectful or courteous regard

Deplorable

Causing or being a subject for regret or disapproval

Despondent

Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement or gloom

Eminent

High in station, rank, or repute; prominent, distinguished

Enumerate

To mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list

Expedient

A means to an end

Importuning

To beg for (something) urgently or persistently

Modest

Having regard for decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

Prodigious

Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.

Propagation

Multiplication or increase, as by natural reproduction

Rudiment

The elements or first principles of a subject

Scrupulous

Having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled

Sustenance

Means of sustaining life; nourishment

Masque

A form of entertainment for the court involving singing and dancing as well as acting, usually with elaborate costumes and sets

Epic

A long narrative poem in elevated style depicting the heroic adventures of a valiant, superhuman individual

Medias Res

In the middle of the action

Invocation

A common Roman device that is a call for inspiration

Enjambment

A sentence that continues from one line into another in a poem, continuing a thought over two or more lines rather than ending each sentence at the end of each line of poetry (end-stopped poetry)

Inversion

Changing the normal word order of a sentence

Elision

Omitting a letter or syllable of a word to maintain the meter of a line of poetry

Allusion

A reference within a work to a famous person, event, or another work of literature

Parable

A very brief story told to teach a moral lesson

Restoration

The reestablishment of the monarch in England after the Puritan Revolution

Enlightenment

The Age of Reason which emphasized reason, rational thinking, and order

Neoclassicism

Literally means new classicism; emphasizes order, symmetry, elegance, and structure in the arts, including literature

Novel

An extended fictional prose narrative

Epistolary Novel

A novel written in the form of a series of letters