Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is the use of words which appeal to our senses?
imagery
“Grey-gowned Patience sits at homeAnd weaves the stuff they wear.”
Courage Has a Crimson Coat
“The Medal of Honor recognizes acts of bravery that no superior could rightly order a soldier to perform. The courage it signifies- gallant , intrepid, service at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty-“
A Debt that Time has not Diminished
Who wrote, “The Fight with the Windmills”?
Miguel de Cervantes
Who is the main character or hero who is usually in conflict with the antagonist?
protagonist
Who is an opposing character or rival in conflict with the protagonist?
antagonist
“Look yonder, friend Sancho; there are at least thirst outrageous giants, whom I intend to encounter.”
The Fight with the Windmills
“Make way for liberty!” he cried,Made way for liberty, and died.
The Patriot’s Pass-Word
What is the repetition of the accented vowel sound and all the succeeding sounds in words which come at the end of a line of poetry?
End rhyme
What is the pattern of end rhythms used in poem and denoted by assigning each new sound (rhyme) a lowercase letter of the alphabet?
Rhyme scheme
What is a phrase or sentence which is repeated at intervals in a poem usually at the end of a stanza?
refrain
Who wrote “The Charge of the Light Brigade”?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volley’d and thunder’d;”
The Charge of the Light Brigade
“‘It seemed as still as death, as silent as the grave. The storm and all else were forgotten and I said I must go….’”
The Legend of Kate Shelly
What is the use of words to convey the opposite of the literal meaning; the difference between what a character what a speaker says and what the author intends?
irony
