Neoclassical Test Flashcards
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Who is known for satire
Jonathan Swift
Modeled after latin
Neoclassical literature
A poem that mourns a death
Elegy
A kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform
Satire
a poem glorifying something
Ode
Founder of english prose
John Dryden
Who wrote gulliver’s travels
Jonathan Swift
The name of the game in rape of the lock
ombre
A long humorous narrative poem that takes something unimportant and elevates it by using the styles of true epics
mock epic
What is important about journalism
It emerges as a mainstream part of culture
The complete opposite of the thesis or an example of what something shouldn’t be
Antithesis
What was important about novels in this movement
they are new and women become the predominant readers
Which work eludes to the inferno
Paradise Lost
Who fell in love with an eight year old
Jonathan Swift
Who did Andrew Marvell save
John Milton
Who wrote the rape of the lock
Alexander Pope
Who had Potts disease
Alexander Pope
List the three appeals in satire and explain
Logical appeal - facts and statistics; Emotional appeal - strong feelings; Ethical appeal - sincere qualified
Tell two ways the rape of the lock is similar to the odyssey (format and structure)
They use epic similes and gods and goddesses in the action
According to satan in paradise lost, why does good exist
So that evil has something to be compared to
Name two benefits of the plan outlined in the modest proposal
It relieves the poor by selling the babies; It provides pleasure to the rich by eating the fattened babies
What theme is often found in restoration poetry
Carpe Diem
To acquire or bring upon oneself
Incur
Burden
Encumbrance
