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english quotes Flashcards

1
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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks

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Simile

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2
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Knock-kneed

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Imagery and alliteration

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Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge

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4
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haunting flares

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metaphor

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5
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Men marched asleep

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Onomatopoeia and alliteration

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But limped on, blood-shod.

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7
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All went lame; all blind

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Hyperbole

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8
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Drunk with fatigue;

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Metaphor

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9
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Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind

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Imagery and pathos

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10
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Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!

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Direct speech, Repetition,short exclamations

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11
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An ecstasy of fumbling

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12
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clumsy helmets

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personification

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13
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And floundering like a man in fire or lime

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similie

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14
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Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light

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imagery

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15
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As under a green sea

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similie

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16
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I saw him drowning

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metaphor

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17
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In all my dreams, before my helpless sight

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imagery

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18
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If in some smothering dreams you too could pace I
Behind the wagon that we flung him in, J
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,

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imagery

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19
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His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin

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similie

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20
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If you could hear, at every jolt

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imagery

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21
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the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs

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imagery

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22
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Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud

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similie

23
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Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues

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pathos and mild imagery

24
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The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est M
Pro patria mori

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irony

25
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you would not tell with such high zest M
To children ardent for some desperate glory

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assertive tone

26
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DULCE ET DECORUM EST

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irony

27
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what comes after…
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks

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Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge

28
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what comes after…
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge

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Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs

29
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what comes after…
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs

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And towards our distant rest began to trudge

30
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what comes after…
And towards our distant rest began to trudge

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Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots C
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind

31
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what comes after…
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots C
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind

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Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots

32
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what comes after…
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots

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Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind

33
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what comes after…
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind

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Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling

34
Q

what comes after…
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling

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Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time

35
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what comes after…
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time

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But someone still was yelling out and stumbling

36
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what comes after…
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling

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And floundering like a man in fire or lime

37
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what comes after…
And floundering like a man in fire or lime

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Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light

38
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what comes after…
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light

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As under a green sea, I saw him drowning

39
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what comes after…
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning

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In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, G
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

40
Q

what comes after…
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, G
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

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If in some smothering dreams you too could pace I
Behind the wagon that we flung him in

41
Q

what comes after…
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace I
Behind the wagon that we flung him in

A

And watch the white eyes writhing in his face

42
Q

what comes after…
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face

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His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin

43
Q

what comes after…
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin

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If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood K
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs

44
Q

what comes after…
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood K
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs

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Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud K
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues

45
Q

what comes after…
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud K
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues

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My friend, you would not tell with such high zest M
To children ardent for some desperate glory

46
Q

what comes after…
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest M
To children ardent for some desperate glory

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The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est M
Pro patria mori. N

47
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what year is dulce et decorum est dated

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1917

48
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S

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statement

49
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T

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technique

50
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the first E

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example

51
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the second E

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effect

52
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P

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purpose

53
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third E

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evaluate

54
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L

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link

Visual Arts (10 decks)

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