A Beka English literature Test 7 – Flashcards

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Was the first rnglish novel to gain worldwide recongnition
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Robinson crusoe
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Is known as the greatest English prose satirist
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Jonathan swift
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Known as Father of Modern Loterary Criticism
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John Dryden
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The two greatest literary forms during the eighteenth century were the novel and ____
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Journalism
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Laid the foundation for English realistic fiction
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Daniel Defoe
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What is a type of extended prose fiction
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Novel
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What is a formal and complex type of lyrical poetry with a fixed purpose and one dignified theme?
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Ode
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What is a concise saying that is often witty or satiric
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Epigram
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What type of character remains essentially the same throughout the story
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Static
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Is the hero of the story, who is usually in conflict with another character
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Protagonist
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Wrote The Tatler and The Spectator
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Joseph Addison
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Who did Richard Steele name the Tatler in honor of
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Women
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"Say first, of God above or Man below,/What can we reason but from what we know?"
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An Essay on Man
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What selection is the character Sir Roger de Coverley from
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The Spectator
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What selection is the character Friday from?
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Robinson Crusoe
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In Gullivers Travels, what were the Yahoos
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Humans
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Horses
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In Gulivers Travels, what were the Houyhnhnms?
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Political satire to expose human institutions
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Gullivers travels
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Reading ro strengthen virtue and discretion
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The spectator
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Reading to instruct men
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The Tatler
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A man shipwrecked on an island
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Robinson Crusoe
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What is the ridicule of human folly
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Satire
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What is the arrangement of incidents or events
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Plot
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What is the physical background against which the events take place
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Setting
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What is the central idea which gives a work meaning?
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Theme
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Who are the imaginary persons who carry out the action of the story
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Characters
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What word refers to using words which sound like what they mean
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Onomatopoeia
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In Gullivers travels how tall were the Lilliputians
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Six inches
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What did the Lilliputians find that belonged to Gulliver
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His hat
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Gullivers travels
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Jonathon swift
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The Tatler
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Richard Steele
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Commentaries on the laws of England
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William blackstone
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An essay on man
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Alexander pope
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Robinson Crusoe
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Daniel Defoe
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Robinson Crusoe sickness and his terrible dream that made him want to see gods help and realize that he had lived a misspent life. As Crusoe began reading the Bible he realize that he needed to repentance and asked for deliverance from sin. Thereafter Crusoe began to pray and read his Bible daily better
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What happened in Robinson Caruso's life which caused him to ask for God's help and begin to read the Bible? How do these things change the way he lived?
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