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Unit 5 test review
Bob Jones Elements of Lit unit 5 test review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| what is an extended metaphor in which the characters, incidents, and situations have a meaning beyond the literal level of the narrative? | allegory |
| What is an allegorical story with two or more strictly correlated levels of meaning? | parable |
| What is the character of the ant in "The Ant and the Grasshopper?" | industrious |
| Why does the ant chide (criticize) the grasshopper in "The Ant and the Grasshopper?" | because of his lack of foresight |
| What does the seasonal metaphor of summer and winter in "The Ant and the Grasshopper" correspond to? | times of prosperity and adversity |
| The title, "maggie and milly and molly and may" illustrates WHAT literary device? | alliteration |
| What is unconventional (unusual) about Cummings' poetry? (Cummings is the author of "maggie and milly and molly and may") | capitalization, punctuation, and spacing around internal punctuation |
| In "Masque of the Red Death," what is the attitude of Prince Prospero and his revelers (partyers) toward those outside the abbey (palace)? | indifferent (they don't care) |
| define simile | using "like" or "as" to compare to similar things |
| define personification | giving inhuman objects human qualities |
| define allusion | making reference to a something outside of the poem or story |
| What three things does Robert Browning say about his star? | it throws red and blue light, he loves it, it has opened its soul to him |
| What dos Robert Browning say his star symboloizes? | He does not identify the meaning of the star in his poem, "My Star." |
| To what three things does Robert Browning compare his star? | a spar (mineral), a bird, and a flower |
| define epigram | a short, highly compressed poem making a wise or humorous observation and ending with a witty twist |
| define fable | a story in which the details support the meaning collectively; may include a stated moral |
| what is the literary definition of symbol? | a symbol represents something other than itself |
| what is the biblical allusion referring dust and rainbows in "Epigram" ? | God's creation of man from dust and His covenant that man would never again be destroyed by a flood |
| what are insects' songs symbolic of in Keats's poem, "The Cricket and the Grasshopper"? | man's poetry |
| What function of poetry does the nightingale represent in "The Nightingale and the Glowworm"? | the aesthetic, or for the purpose of beauty |
| What function of poetry does the glowworm represent in "The Nightingale and the Glowworm"? | the didactic function, or teaching |
| In "Fable", what does the Squirrel say he can do that the mountain cannot do, and what is that action's symbolic meaning? | crack a nut; he can solve difficult philosophical problems |
| In "Fable", what does the mountain say he can do that the squirrel cannot do, and what is that action's symbolic meaning? | carry forests on his back; live up to the expectations of society |
| in "maggie and milly and molly and may,"what does Milly's befriending of a sea star indicate about her personality? | her concern and compassion for living things |
| in "maggie and milly and molly and may,"what does Molly's discovery of a "horrible thing" at the beach indicate about her personality? | that she is fearful and excitable |
| What colors were the first and last rooms of Prince Prospero's abbey in "Masque of the Red Death," and what do those colors represent? | light blue = birth; black = death |
| In "Masque of the Red Death," how do the revelers (partyers) react to the chiming of the ebony clock each hour? | nervousness and meditation on mortality (death) |
| Is most good imaginative literature symbolic? | Yes |
| Do Aesop and Keats share the same view of the grasshopper? | no |
| How is "The Grasshopper and the Cricket" arranged structurally? | by seasons |
| Did Ralph Waldo Emerson believe that universal truth could be found in Scripture? | no |
| do "Fable" and "maggie and milly and molly and may" have stated morals? If so, what are they? | yes |
| In "Masque of the Red Death," what was Prince Prospero's attitude when he entered the abbey with his friends? | happy, festive |
| How can one interpret Browning's allusion to the Saturn in "My Star"? | in more than one way |
| what is the moral of "The Ant and the Grasshopper"? | it is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow |
| What is the theme of "Epigram"? | without the presence of trials in life, one would not appreciate its joyful aspects |
| What is the moral of "Fable"? | talents differ |
| What is the universal theme of "Masque of the Red Death?" | death is inescapable |
| What is the theme of "My Star?" | everyone has some object or idea that fascinates him |
| What is the theme of "The Nightingale and the Glowworm?" | both the aesthetic and didactic functions of poetry contribute to poetry's ability to make life more tolerable |
| What does the dust in "Epigram" represent? | the trials of life |
| What does the rainbow in "Epigram" represent? | the hopeful, joyous part of life |
| What does the cricket represent in "The Cricket and the Grasshopper?" | winter's poet |
| What does the grasshopper represent in "The Cricket and the Grasshopper?" | summer's poet |
| what does the squirrel represent in "Fable?" | a moral philosopher |
| What does the and represent in "The Grasshopper and the Ant?" | a thrifty, industrious person |
| What dos the grasshopper represent in "The Grasshopper and the Ant?" | a slothful, unthrifty person |
| What does Prospero represent in "The Masque of the Red Death?" | man's arrogance and pride |
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