Feb. 11, 2010 Lit/Comp Test

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Flash cards for 9th Grade English


 
  
Created Feb 10, 2010
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1
What is a Extended or Sustained metaphor?
 
A metaphor traced throughout a work
2
What is a controlling metaphor?
 
A single Metaphor gives shape to a poem as a whole. 
3
What is Conceits?
 
Fanciful extended metaphors. 
4
What is a metaphor?
 
A kind of non literal language under the larger blanket of figurative language 
5
what is  a Metonymy?
 
A metaphor that does not rice far afield but lights on something closely related
6
What is a Synechdoche?
 
Uses the part to stand for the whole: "Give us a hand" [you actually need the whole person]
7
what is simile?
 
a brief, compressed imaginative comparison
8
How Many lines does a Sonnet have?
 
14
9
What is the meter of a sonnet?
 
iambic pentameter
10
Is a Sonnet a ballad or lyric poem? Why?
 
It is a lyric poem, because Ballads refer to romance or adventure 
11
Who made the first sonnet? Where?
 
Petrarch. Italy. Also known as the Italian Sonnet or Petrarchan Sonnet
12
Who made their own version of a sonnet after the Renaissance? Where?
 
Shakespeare. England.Also known as English sonnet or shakesperean sonnet
13
How many syllables are in a sonnet?
 
 140
14
What can the meter be for villanelles? 
 
Either Tetrameter, pentameter, or a combination of both
15
What is the structure of a villanelle?[Hint: What does it appeal to?]
 
Logos- Logic.
16
What is Ethos?
 
ethics- Appeals to moral compass
17
What is logos?
 
logic: different from morally right.
18
what is pathos?
 
Feeling
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What is Sympathy?
 
feelings for others
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what is apathy?
 
With out feelings
21
What is empathy?
 
when you can relate: Feel the same thing. 
22
What is the purpose of a villanelle? 
 
Repitition (Jingles). Very persuasive. 
23
How many tercets are there in a villanelle? how many quatrains? 
 
Tercet: 5Quatrain: 1
24
What is it called when you: Escape notice; to get away from
 
Elude
25
What is it called when you: are inactive; unproductive
 
Fallow
26
What is it called when: anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation
 
Blight
27
What is it called: a funeral rite or ceremony
 
Obsequy  
28
What is it called: and occupant; inhabitant
 
Denizen
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What is it called: obligated loyalty or faithfulness
 
Fealty
30
What is it called: to attract by offering reward or pleasure
 
Entice
31
What is it called: to please
 
Gratify
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What is it called: a slow person. specially one who falls behind. 
 
Laggard 

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