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Unit 2 Flashcards

1
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What is a ballad?

A

A short narrative song written in stanzas

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What are stanzas?

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Groups of repeated lines usually containing the same meter and rhyme scheme

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3
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What is a dialogue?

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A conversation between characters

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4
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What is a folk ballad?

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It is anonymous and was originally sung

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What is a literary ballad?

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It is concisely written by a poet in imitation of the folk ballad

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What is a dramatic monologue?

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A poem which reveals a character through his conversation

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7
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Who wrote How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix?

A

Robert Browning

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8
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What country is Robert Browning from?

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England

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9
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What kind of poetry did Robert Browning develop?

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Dramatic Monologue

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10
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What century did Robert Browning live in?

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1800s

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What was the name of the two riders who rode with the narrator?

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Dirck and Joris

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What was the name of the narrator’s horse?

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Roland

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13
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Who wrote The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver?

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

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14
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What country was Edna St. Vincent Millay from?

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America (Maine specifically)

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15
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Who wrote The Highwayman?

A

Alfred Noyes

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16
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Where was Alfred Noyes from?

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Great Britain

17
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Who wrote The Death of the Hired Man?

A

Robert Frost

18
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What was Robert Frost best known for writing?

A

A Boy’s Will and North of Boston

19
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Who wrote The Deacon’s Masterpiece?

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

20
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What author was also called “Mr. Boston”?

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

21
Q

What country did the earthquake hit?

A

Germany

22
Q

What was the name of the man who didn’t like Silas?

A

Warren

23
Q

What was the name of woman who said that home is where people will love and take care of you?

A

Mary

24
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What was the name of the man who was not very reliable and died in Mary and Warren’s house?

A

Silas

25
Q

Remember Harold

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26
Q

Who said “I should have called it something you somehow haven’t to deserve.”?

A

Mary

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