alliteration
of words w same sound ex) big bully beats up
allusion
making reference to something in history, religion, culture, etc. that everyone should know
protagonist
main character
antagonist
enemy of main character, foe
Epic poem
Long narrative poem, relates to great deeds of larger in life you’re
epic hero
Undertakes quests to achieve something of huge value to society
epithet
Word/phrase applied to a person or thing to describe quality (dog= mans best friend)
catharsis
Concept the actions on stage of emotions pity and fear in audience
tragedy
Goat song, sacrifices to God, hero of noble stature has heroic flaw that leads to heroic downfall, then catharsis
comedy
Greek and Roman happy ending (marriages)
couplet
two lines of verse, usually same meter or rhyme
English/Shakespeareran sonnet
Lyrical poem, 14 lines, iambic pentameter, three quatrains and one couplet
Italian/Petrarchan sonnet
Lyrical poem, 14 lines, iambic pentameter, octave + sestet
drama
Written to be performed in front of an audience, started in Ancient Greece
figurative language
Uses words or expressions with different meaning than literal interpretation
tone
Attitude a writer towards audience
Rhythm
Longer short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllable’s
meter
Basic structure of the verse or lime
iambic pentameter
5 iams per line, unstressed followed by stressed syllables
flashback
Interruption to insert past events to provide background/context
foreshadowing
Advanced hint of what is to come
foil
Character in story contrasts w main character to highlight main attribute
imagery
representing actions, objects, ideas in a way appealing to our senses
metaphor
comparison without like or as
simile
comparison using like or as
narrator
voice that tells the story
octave
8 lines; establish problem/poses question
personification
giving human characteristics to non-human things
quatrain
lambic pent; abab, 2 couplets
rhyme scheme
pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in poem
setting
where story takes place
stanza
4+ lines with fixed length, meter or rhyme scheme
theme
central topic, overall idea
symbol
object/person/situation that has other meaning than literal
irony
contrast/discrepancy between what is said and what is meant
verbal irony
writer/speaker says one thing and means another
dramatic irony
reader/audience perceives something character doesn’t know
irony of situation
discrepancy between expected result and actual results
Rhyme scheme for English sonnet
ababcdcdefefgg
rhyme scheme for Italian sonnet
abbaabbacd
Spenserian sonnet
14 lines, 3 quatrains, 1 couplet, ababbcbccdcded
poetry & prose
poetry - form- inverse pattern
prose - regular writing
autumn chant
bitter, fall is here, rose = out of death comes life,
sylvia plath
confessional, personification, mirror- woman who hates appearance bc shes getting older
running - richard wilbur
man thinking back to childhood
women - alice walker
mothers- fighting for civil rights, equal education- no segregation
miss rosie - lucille clifton
‘i’m a black women poet, & i sound like one.’ senile, still respect
ex-bball player- john updike
obsessed w past, tone- sad/wasted potential, reminisces` glory days
drama -
written to be performed. began ancient greece as dance for dionecees (fertility). GOAT SONG.
y was drama called goat song
- leader wore goat skin
- sacrifice was goat
- prize was goat.
rebirth of drama in england.
guild- trade union, plays 4 cycles, 1 per year, plays mystery, miracle, morality
easter dialogue song - guild plays - 3 types of plays - drama today (non-religious)
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first public theater in london
1576 james burbage The Theater. burbage dies 1599, rent raised, sons hired ppl to move it. now The Globe,
globe 1
burnt down 1613, canon during henry viii, rebuilt 1614
globe 2
1642 closes down, 1644 torn down,
rebuilding
1970, Sam Wanamaker- american actor, attempts to riase donations, 19 yrs. 1989, london gives rebuilding permission. 1997 Globe reopens. intimate
original globe features
3000 occupancy, thatch roof- durable but burns, open roof. $.01 to stand, best seats on stage.