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(145 cards)
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“we are sons of the same mother and I left him in the midst of enemies but I am going back now”
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the lagoon by conrad
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founder of english history
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the venerable bede
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first anglo saxon poet whose name we know
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caedmon
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father of english prose
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john wycliff
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author of Morte d’Arthur
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malory
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author of sir gawain and the green knight
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pearl poet
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wrote utopia
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moore
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author of the faerie queene
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spenser
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greatest sonnet writer in eng lit, greatest writer of all time
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shakespeare
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author of macbeth
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shakespeare
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2 greatest puritan writers
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bunyan and milton
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wrote paradise lost
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milton
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wrote pilgrim’s progress
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bunyan
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first and greatest metaphysical poet
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donne
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wrote a hymn to God the father
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donne
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wrote the bait
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donne
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famous epic that john milton wrote
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paradise lost
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father of modern literary criticism
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dryden
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laid the foundation of english realistic fiction
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defoe
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greatest english prose satirist
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swift
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wrote teh biography of samuel johnson
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boswell
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compiled a monumental dictionary and is considered the greatest writer of the 18th century
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johnson
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author of amazing grace
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newton
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author of the lamb and the tyger
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blake
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scotlands greatest poet
burns
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the world's supreme poet
wordsworth
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invented the byronic hero
george gordon lord byron
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greatest english lyricist
percy byshe shelley
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poet whose creed was " a thing of beauty is a joy forever"
keats
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created historical novel
sir walter scott
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greatest mind of the romantic movement
coleride
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wrote the rime of the ancient mariner
coleridge
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considered the voice of victorian england
tennyson
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worte sonnets from the portugese
elizabeth barret browning
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developed dramatic monologue
robert browning
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who wrote sherlock holmes
sir arthur conan doyle
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wrote 1984
orwell
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author of the screwtape letter
cs lewis
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greatest anglo saxon poet and greatest germanic epic
beowulf
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four qualities of an epic
lofty language
struggle between good and evil
supernatural elements
a hero
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what book established the venerable bede as the founder of english history
ecclesiastical history of the english people
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metaphorical phrases or compound words that refer to other things like swan boat and bone case
kennings
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repitition of the sasme initial consonant sound
alliteration
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what pact is made in get up and bar the door
whoever speaks first has to bar the door
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the best known morality play
everyman
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the theme of everyman
death comes when we least expect it
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the pardoner's tale theme
love of money is the root of all evil
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four line stanza with four accented iambic syllables in lines 1 and 3 and three accented syllables in line 2 and 4
ballad stanza
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narrative form popular during the medieval period based on the adventures on knights kings and distressed ladies
medieval romance
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anecdote or short tale told to teach a lesson
exemplum
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dramatic allegory in which vices and virtues wage for the possession of the human soul
morality play
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which character has the greatest evil influence over macbeth
lady macbeth
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what vision does macbeth have that points him to duncan's chamber "is this ___ I see before me"
a daggar
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how does mady macbeth assist macbeth in his scheme
poisons and frames the guards
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who does macbeth see at the banquet
banquo
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how do the witches cause macbeth's demise
they decieved him with their prophesies
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who kills macbeth
macduff
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what flaw of macbeth ultimately causes his demise
lust for power
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what is englands greatest allegory
pilgrims progress
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englands greatest epic
paradise lost
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what is herrick's advice to the virgins
hurry in getting married
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what is the irony of the constant lover
he was an inconstant lover
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in paradise lost, what means of revenge does satan propose to the princes of helll
invade the earth and destroy mankind
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what thought persuaded eve to give adam the fruit according to milton
she didnt want to be replaced by another wife
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what is miltons purpose in writing paradise lost
justify the ways of God to men
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highly original and intellectual comparison that points out an unusual parallel between highly dissimilar elements
metaphysical conceit
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the two neighbors that go to try to convince Christian not to go on his pilgrimage
obstinate and pliable
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opens wickett gate for christian
goodwill
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what 4 signs of grace does christian receive at the cross
mark on forehead, new clothes, scroll, and he loses his burden
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why do timorous and mistrust flee
they fear the lions
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what does christian recieve at the palace beautiful
armor
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how does christian defeat apollyon
thw sword
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how does christian get through the valley of the shadow of death
prayer
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who becomes christians companion after the valley of the shadow of death
faithful
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where does faithful meet his end
vanity fair
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what does vanity fair represent
teh world system
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who is christians companion after faithful
hopeful
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how do they escape the giant despair's prison
they key of promise
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what do they cross taht represents death
the river
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theme of song to st cecelia's day
music
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what happens to robinson crusoe
he is stranded on as island
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how long is robinson crusoe on the island
27 year
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who joins robinson crusoe on the island and is ministered to
friday
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the named companion other than friday from robinson crusoe
poll
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what brings robinson crusoe to God
his sickness
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swift's greatest satire
gulliver's travels
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what is different about liliput in gullivers travels
everyone is six inches tall
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what is different about liliput in gullivers travels
everyone is six inches tall
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wise horse people from gullivers travles
Houyhnhnms
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what does gulliver say causes war
greed, differences of opinion, pride and hunger
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savage humans from gullivers travels
yahoos
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why was johnson's dictionary such a feat
he did it all by himslef
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what group did Whitefield join at oxford
methodists
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poem about humble obscure people who lie buried in the churchyard
elegy written in a country churchyard gray
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poem about how things are no longer simple
the deserted villiage
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poems by blake that represent evil and innocence
the tyger and the lamb
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burns poem teaches man to be sincere
to a louse
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most formal complex type of lyrical poetry
ode
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concise saying witty or satiric
epigram
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words used to convey the opposite of their meaning
irony
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words addressed to an inanimate object as if it were alive
apostraphe
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
blank verse
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melancholy poem which reflects on nature and death
elegy
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poem illustrates a conflict between the beauty of nature and the corruption of man
lines written in early spring
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wordsworth poem that describes daffodils
i wandered lonely as a cloud
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bird that followed the ship in rime of ancient mariner
albatross
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theme of rime of ancient mariner
love nature
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first significant to deal with an entire family
pride and prejudice
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poem about authors love for his home lan
my native land
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unique type of romantic character that is rebellious brooding and proud
byronic hero
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3 types of novels from romanic period
gothic, novel of manners, historical novel
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story that tells of a display of self sacrifice
enoch arden
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how does enoch arden sacrifice
he comes back and doesnt reveal himself to annie
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in tennyson's idylls of the king, what do king arthur and guinevere and lancelot represent
the war of the flesh and the spirit
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what work is always put at the end of tennyson's collections
crossing the bar
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what work by elizabeth barret browning is about peter's denial of jesus
the look
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dramatic monologue about a murderous duke
my last duchess
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poem about how the author believes he'll meet his wife in heaven
prospice
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oscar wilde's work that satires english social structure
the importance of being earnest
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why does jack worthing not reveal to Guinevere fairfax his real name
it is her dream to love someone named earnest
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why does lady bracknell object to jack worthing's proposal to her daughter
he was found orphaned in a handbag
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in pygmalion what is eliza's occupation
shes a flower girl, she sells flowers
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a lyric poem in which a single character engages in a conversation with a silent listener, revealing a dramatic situation
dramatic monologue
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why does eliza come to professor higgens
to learn to speak properly
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poem s]that shows the irony of fame
to an athlete dying young
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poem that describes a beast slouchijng towards bethlehem
the second coming
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tribute to the average man
the unknown citizen
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what is the advice thomas gives to his father about dying in do not go gentle into that good night
rage rage against the dying of the light
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what memory haunts arsat in the lagoon
his brother's calling his name as he died
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what does arsat resolve to do at the eng of the lagoon
avenge his brother
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in the last bow, for what country did von bork collect British military information
germany
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in the last bow, who is altamont
sherlock holmes
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in the last bow, who did sherlock hire to spy on von bork
the maid
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in ignorance is strength, who is the infallible all-powerful leader of the party
big brother
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what newspeak word means stopping dangerous thoughts that come to your head
crimestop
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in the railway children, how did bobbie find out about her father
newspaper
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did bobbie beleive her father was a criminal
no
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in churchill's blood, sweat, toil, and tears, what is the aim
victory
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who were the screwtape letters for
wormwood
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"Today, the road all runners come,. Shoulder-high we bring you home,. And set you at your threshold down,. Townsman of a stiller town."
to an athlete dying young
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"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, / Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"
the second coming
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"was he free, was he happy, teh question is absurd"
an unknown citizen
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"rage, rage, against the dying of the light"
do not go gentle into that good night
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"i have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat"
blood, toil, tears, and sweat
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"we are sons of the same mother and I left him in the midst of enemies but I am going back now."
the lagoon
