Abeka 12th English Literature Test 2 – Flashcards

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rhyme
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the correspondence of sounds
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Sonnet
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a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a definite pattern of two basic varieties, Italian or English
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rhythm
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the reoccurrence of sounds
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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dialogue
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the speeches between two or more characters or all the speeches of the play taken collectively
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soliloquy
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a speech by one character alone on the stage
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plot
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arrangement of events
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tragedy
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a play that ends unhappily
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pastoral
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a classical love song dealing with shepherds and rustic life
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Comedy
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A play that ends happily,
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Thomas Cranmer
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Major figure in the development of the Book of Common Prayer
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Francis Bacon
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Who wrote essays
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Shakespeare
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Greatest writer of all time
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Histories
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What kind of reading makes men wise?
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Utopia
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Ideal Society
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Christ Child
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In the Burning Babe who is the babe?
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His love
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In the Burning Babe what is represented by the fire?
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Ben Johnson
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First poet laureate
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Gloriana
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In the Faerie Queen, what character portrays queen Elizabeth?
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John Foxe
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Who wrote: "God be praised, good people...."
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The Book of Martyrs
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Where is this quote from: "God be praised, good people...."
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Shakespeare
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Who wrote: "Let me not to the marriage of the true minds...."
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Sonnet 116
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Where is this quote from: "Let me not to the marriage of the true minds...."
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Marlowe
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Who wrote: "Come live with me and be my love"
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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
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Where is this quote from: "Come live with me and be my love"
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Marlowe
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Who wrote: "Lo Mephistophles for love of thee, cut my my arm"
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Doctor Faustus
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Where is this quote from: "Lo Mephistophles for love of thee, cut my my arm"
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Shakespeare
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Who wrote: "Shall I compare thee to a summers day"
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Sonnet 18
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Where is this quote from: "Shall I compare thee to a summers day"
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Balthazar's Song
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Cause of ladies grief is the inconsistency of the men
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On the Life of Man
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Comparison of men's life to a play of passion
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The Nymphs reply to the Shepherd.
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Presents a realistic attitude of life.
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A Hymn to God the Father
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Speakers response to God's chastening
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Leave Me, O Love
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Excellence of eternal spiritual love over all other kinds of love
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