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Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?

  • Michael Jackson
  • John Denver
  • Alice Munro
  • Bob Dylan (correct)

    • Which author wrote the narrative poem "Tam o' Shanter?"

  • Robert Burns (correct)
  • W. B. Yeats
  • Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Seamus Heaney

    • What famous work did Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard translate?

  • Aristotle's Poetics
  • The Arabian Nights
  • Petrarch's Sonnet (correct)
  • The Tale of Genji

    • What is a formal type of poetry that expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person, popular during the Elizabethan period?

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    What is the first printed anthology of English poetry called?

    <p>Tottel's Miscellany (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An alphabetical list of the principal words used in a book or body of work, listing every instance of each word with its immediate context is called a...

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    "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships. And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" These famous lines are from the play:

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    Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, and George Peele were called:

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    How many plays are attributed to William Shakespeare?

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    "The Spanish Tragedy" is a play written by:

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    Dr. Johnson's great work, "Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets is popularly known as:

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    Sir Roger de Coverley is a fictional character created by:

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    Mac Flecknoe is one of the best examples of:

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    "An Essay on Man" is a poem by:

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    The rake is a stock figure in:

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    Lilliput and Brobdingnag are imaginary lands created by:

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    "Pamela" and "Clarissa" are famous epistolary novels written by:

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    The Rise of the Novel, a famous historical account of the English novel, was written by

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    Preface to Lyrical Ballads, a document central to the Romantic revolt against Neo-classicism of the mid-eighteenth century English Poetry, was written by

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    Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, which depict the two contrary states of the soul, were composed by

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    "Ten thousand saw I at a glance tossing their heads in sprightly dance." The things these Wordsworth lines describe are:

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    "That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees Singest of summer in full-throated ease. The "light winged Dryad" of these lines is the

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    "Like a Sea-beast crawled forth that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth there to sun itself not all alive." is from:

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    A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment is the subtitle of which famous poem by S. T. Coleridge?

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    "A Dissertation upon Roast Pig" is a famous humorous essay by:

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    Leaves of Grass is a collection of poems by the American poet:

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    Walden is a famous memoir of

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    Which of the Dickens novels is pervaded by the post-Industrial Revolution pessimism?

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    The Castle of Otranto is an example of

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    "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

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    Tom and Maggie Tulliver are characters from George Eliot's classic:

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    The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are the novels of:

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    "Objective Correlative" is a literary critical term attributed to:

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    'The Morphology of the Tale' is the work of the Russian critic:

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    "The Intentional Fallacy" is a famous essay by:

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    The three unities Aristotle proposes in his discussion of drama are:

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    Slaughterhouse-Five is a satirical novel by

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    Ant Hills of the Savannah is a novel by

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    Bakha is a character from which Mulk Raj Anand novel?

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    Wide Sargasso Sea was written as a response to which famous Victorian novel?

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    Which of these is Jane Austen's parody of Gothic fiction?

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    The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the Obscure, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles are famous novels written by:

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    About which of his famous novels does D. H. Lawrence say "…[I]t is the tragedy of thousands of young men in England"?

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    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is the debut novel of:

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    Dante Gabriel Rossetti is known as:

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    Four Quartets is the masterpiece of:

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    Which famous poet co-founded the Abbey Theatre?

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    Which of the following novels of Salman Rushdie was banned in India?

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    Sea of Poppies is the 2008 novel of:

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    Alejo Carpentier's novels contributed to which major trend in contemporary fiction?

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    The prominent literary device in these lines is: "The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices."

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    The literary device used to underscore the sarcasm in these lines is: "Not louder shrieks to pitying Heav'n are cast When husbands or when lap-dogs breathe their last."

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    Whitecaps on the bay: A broken signboard banging In the April wind. This short, impressionistic poem is called

    <p>Haiku (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'The expense of spirit in a waist of shame/ Is lust in action', The word 'waist' is an example of?

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    "Where wealth accumulates men decay" is an example of:

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    What literary device is used in the phrase 'collateral damage'?

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    "Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail" is an:

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    Which of the following is NOT a literary device?

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    Flashcards

    Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

    Awarded to Bob Dylan for his impact on music and literature.

    Tam o' Shanter

    A narrative poem written by Robert Burns.

    First printed anthology of English poetry

    Tottel's Miscellany published in 1557.

    Lyric Poetry

    A formal type of poetry expressing personal emotions, often in first person.

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    Universities Wits

    A group of English playwrights including Marlowe and Greene.

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    Sir Thomas Wyatt translation

    Wyatt and Howard translated Petrarch's Sonnet.

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    Mock-heroic

    A literary form that satirizes epic themes by applying a trivial subject.

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    The Spanish Tragedy

    A play written by Thomas Kyd, an early example of revenge tragedy.

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    Anti-heroic

    A character that lacks typical heroic qualities.

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    Leaves of Grass

    A collection of poems by the American poet Walt Whitman.

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    Slaughterhouse-Five

    A satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. about World War II.

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    Pride and Prejudice

    A novel by Jane Austen focusing on themes of love and social class.

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    Haiku

    A form of Japanese poetry consisting of 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable structure.

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    Magical Realism

    A literary genre in which magical elements are part of everyday life.

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    Aphorism

    A succinct statement that expresses a general truth or principle.

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    Euphemism

    A mild or indirect word substituted for one considered too harsh.

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    Personification

    Attributing human qualities to non-human entities.

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    Synecdoche

    A figure of speech where a part represents the whole.

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    Antithesis

    A contrast or opposition between two ideas or statements.

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    Understatement

    A figure of speech in which a writer makes a situation seem less important.

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    Imagery

    Visually descriptive language that evokes sensory experiences.

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    Internal Rhyme

    A rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse.

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    Alliteration

    The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

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    Closed Couplet

    Two consecutive lines of verse that rhyme and express a complete thought.

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    Metaphor

    A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things.

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    Juxtaposition

    Placing two elements close together to highlight their differences.

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    Analogy

    A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation.

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    Cliché

    An overused expression that has lost its originality.

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    Dramatic Irony

    When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

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    Study Notes

    Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

    • Alice Munro was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

    Tam o' Shanter

    • Robert Burns wrote the narrative poem Tam o' Shanter.

    Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard

    • Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard translated Petrarch's sonnets.

    Elizabethan Poetry

    • Lyric poetry, expressing personal feelings in first person, was popular during the Elizabethan period.
    • Sonnet is a formal type of poetry.

    English Poetry Anthology

    • Tottel's Miscellany was the first printed anthology of English poetry.

    Concordance

    • A concordance is an alphabetical list of words in a book or body of work, including every instance with its context.

    Play by William Shakespeare

    • Antony and Cleopatra is a play by William Shakespeare.

    University Wits

    • Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, and George Peele were called University Wits.

    William Shakespeare's Plays

    • William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays.

    The Spanish Tragedy

    • Thomas Kyd wrote the play The Spanish Tragedy.

    Dr. Johnson's Work

    • Dr. Johnson's work, The Lives of the English Poets, is a collection of biographies and critical prefaces to the works of English poets.

    Sir Roger de Coverley

    • Joseph Addison created the fictional character Sir Roger de Coverley.

    Mock-Heroic Poetry

    • Mac Flecknoe is a famous mock-heroic poem.

    Alexander Pope's Poem

    • Alexander Pope wrote An Essay on Man.

    18th Century Satirical Poetry

    • An Essay on Man, a poem by Alexander Pope is an example of 18th-century satirical poetry.

    Jonathan Swift's Works

    • Jonathan Swift created the lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag.

    Samuel Richardson's Novels

    • Samuel Richardson wrote the epistolary novels Pamela and Clarissa.

    The Rise of the Novel

    • Ian Watt wrote the historical account The Rise of the Novel.

    Romantic Revolt

    • William Wordsworth wrote the Preface to Lyrical Ballads, a document central to the Romantic revolt against Neo-classicism.

    Songs of Innocence and Experience

    • William Blake composed Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, which depict the two contrary states of the soul.

    Wordsworth's Poem

    • The poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud discusses daffodils.

    Coleridge's Poem

    • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem by S.T. Coleridge.

    Coleridge's Kubla Khan

    • Kubla Khan is a poem by S.T Coleridge.

    Charles Lamb's Essay

    • Charles Lamb wrote the essay A Dissertation upon Roast Pig.

    Walt Whitman's Collection

    • Leaves of Grass is a collection of poems by Walt Whitman.

    Henry David Thoreau's Memoir

    • Henry David Thoreau wrote the memoir Walden.

    Charles Dickens' Novel

    • Bleak House shows post-Industrial Revolution pessimism.

    Gothic Fiction

    • The Castle of Otranto is an example of Gothic Fiction.

    Jane Austen's Novels

    • Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen.

    George Eliot's Novels

    • The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot about Tom and Maggie Tulliver.

    J.R.R. Tolkien's Works

    • J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

    T.S. Eliot's Literary Term

    • T.S. Eliot created the literary critical term Objective Correlative.

    Vladimir Propp's Work

    • Vladimir Propp wrote Morphology of the tale.

    William K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley

    • The essay The Intentional Fallacy was written by William K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley.

    Aristotle's Dramatic Unites

    • Aristotle proposed three unities in drama: time, place, and action.

    Kurt Vonnegut's Novel

    • Kurt Vonnegut Jr. wrote Slaughterhouse-Five.

    Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Novel

    • Ant Hills of the Savannah is a novel by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

    Mulk Raj Anand's Character

    • The character Bakha is from Mulk Raj Anand's novel Untouchable.

    Response to Jane Eyre

    • Wide Sargasso Sea is a novel written in response to the famous Victorian novel Jane Eyre.

    Jane Austen's Parody

    • Northanger Abbey is Jane Austen's parody of Gothic fiction.

    Thomas Hardy's Works

    • Thomas Hardy wrote Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the Obscure and Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

    D.H. Lawrence's Novel

    • D.H. Lawrence wrote Sons and Lovers.

    Alan Sillitoe's Novel

    • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is the debut novel of Alan Sillitoe.

    Pre-Raphaelite Poet

    • Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a Pre-Raphaelite poet.

    T.S. Eliot's Masterpiece

    • Four Quartets is the masterpiece of T.S. Eliot.

    Abbey Theatre Founder

    • W.B. Yeats co-founded the Abbey Theatre.

    Salman Rushdie's Banned Novel

    • The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie was banned in India.

    Jhumpa Lahiri's Novel

    • Jhumpa Lahiri wrote the 2008 novel, Sea of Poppies.

    Contemporary Fiction Trend

    • Alejo Carpentier's novels contributed to the movement of Magical Realism in contemporary fiction.

    Literary Device in Poetry

    • The literary device in "The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep moans round with many voices" is personification

    Literary Device in Sarcasm

    • The literary device used to underscore the sarcasm in the lines, "Not louder shrieks to pitying Heav'n are cast / When husbands or when lap-dogs breathe their last" is juxtaposition.

    Short Impressionistic Poem

    • Whitecaps on the Bay is a Haiku.

    Literary Device in Sentence

    • The literary device in the phrase "the expense of spirit in a waste of shame" is a metaphor

    Literary Device in Sentence

    • -If a person has ugly thoughts it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every week for every year..." -The literary Device used is Analogy

    Literary Device in Sentence

    • The phrase "To hit the nail on the head and put it in a nutshell" is using clichés, phrases and idioms.

    Literary Devices in Sentence

    • The literary device in the sentence "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" is using symbols

    Literary Device in Sentence

    • The literary device in the sentence "As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames no light, but rather darkness visible" is oxymoron.

    Literary Device in Poem

    • The literary device in the poem Will love you dear/Will love you;"/And the river will love me is internal rhyme

    Poetic Devices in a Line

    • The literary devices "She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream" are metaphor and personification.

    Poetic Device in Lines

    • The poetic device in "O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth" is synaesthesia.

    Literary Device in Sentence

    • The literary device used in \"Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail\" is an aphorism.

    Non-Literary Device

    • Dogberryism is a character type, not a literary device.

    Literary Device in a Sentence

    • The literary device in the sentence "Having one wife is called monotony" is a malapropism.

    Major Trope in Two Lines

    • The major trope in the lines "The Eyes around - had wrung them dry - And Breaths were gathering firm" is synecdoche.

    Rhyme Scheme in Poetry

    • The rhyme scheme in the lines "Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediments. Love is not love/ Which alters when it alterations finds / Or bends with the remover to remove" is internal rhyme

    Type of Couplet

    • "One tender Sigh of hers to see me languish, Will more than pay the price of my past anguish" is a closed couplet.

    Poetic Devices in a Line

    • The poetic devices in the line "You have a sweet ride there there!" is a metaphor.

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