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Music Appreciation ch. 35-41
Which of the following choral genres was NOT developed during the Baroque? part song A musical setting of the Mass for the Dead is called: a Requiem Oratorios primarily drew their stories from: the Bible Mozart's Requiem was: his last work, incomplete at his death Who completed Mozart's Requiem? Süssmayr The Dies irae text from the Requiem Mass describes: Judgement Day Which of the following correctly describes the musical forces for Mozart's Requiem? winds, brass, strings, timpani, choir, and four…...
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Anglo-Saxon Literary Devices
Alliteration joining of two or more words that start with the same letter Assonance reseblance of sounds (book, foot, hood) Caesura a break near the middle of a verse Epithet word or phrase applied to a person to describe them (characteristic) - Dan the Indifferent, Alfred the Great Hyperbole extreme exaggeration Kenning phrase used for or in addition to the usual name of something (characteristic) - wave traveler, wind blower Metaphor comparison NOT using like or as Personification giving objects…...
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Music Exam Questions: Baroque Era
Drama that is sung is called... an opera The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflection of speech is... recitative Opera was born through the musical innovation of... Florentine Camerata A highly emotional song in an opera is called... an aria The orchestral introduction heard at the beginning of an opera is called... an overture The text of an opera is called... libretto Who is best viewed as the first master of opera? Monteverdi The earliest opera plots…...
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Female colonial Poetry
Read the quotation from "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty." "Great God, direct, and guard him from on high, And from his head let ev'ry evil fly!" How does the couplet form support the meaning of the lines? by completing the speaker's thought Read the excerpt from "To My Dear Loving Husband." "If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me…...
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Romantic Literature and Kubla Khan
1. in Romantic literature, belief in the innate goodness of one unexposed to the corrupt influence of civilization 2. Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "Kubla Khan," Biographia Literaria + 3. Hard Times, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities 4. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Don Juan 5. definition of poetry: "the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions . . . recollected in tranquillity 6. Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre 7. Prometheus Unbound, "Ode to the West Wind," "Ozymandias" 8. Vanity Fair 9. "Ode…...
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Music 108 Unit 2 Questions and Answers
The beginning of the Middle Ages is marked by what event? The fall of the Roman Empire The early Christian church had very little power in Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. False. The Church had a lot of power Which of the following goals are attributed to Charlemagne? Encouragement of education Centralized government Government control of law and order Polyphonic Two or more melodic lines combined into a multi-voiced texture Organum Earliest kind of polyphonic music, which…...
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Poetry Test (questions and answers)
The person talking in a poem, which is not always the poet, is called the _______________ . speaker The attitude the author conveys in a poem is known as _______________ . tone Traditional pattern applied to an entire poem is a/an _______________ . ... The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables creates_______________ . Rhythm The repetition of vowel sounds in a poem _______________ . assonance Rhymes which occur at the end of lines of poetry _______________ . end ryme Pattern…...
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English unit 4 study guide
Who wrote "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer", "When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be", "Ode to a Nightingale", and "Ode on a Grecian Urn"? John Keats Who wrote "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey?", "The World is Too Much with Us", and "London, 1802"? William Wordsworth Who wrote "She walks in Beauty", "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", and "Don Juan" George Gordon/ Lord Byron Who wrote "The Lamb", "the Tyger", "Infant Sorrow", and "The Chimney Sweeper"?…...
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Dealing with Difficulty: Examining Structure
Read the selection below from "The Once and Future Merlin" by Marion Zimmer Bradley and answer the question that follows. Over the centuries the story has been told and retold and told again, often with a widely varying cast of characters. Knights, priests and priestesses, kings and queens, and various users of magic come and go, but always there is Arthur, the sun around which all else revolves, his faithless wife (Guinevere), his equally-faithless best friend (Lancelot), the illegitimate son…...
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English Unit 5 Quiz 3 Questions and Answers
All sonnets have fourteen lines. a. True b. False a The climax of Hamlet is Ophelia's death. a. True b. False b The philosophy of Romanticism manifested itself in a concern for the rights and dignity of the individual. a. True b. False a Wordsworth and Coleridge were identical in their personalities and poetic styles. a. True b. False b Bunyan's writing was formed by his experience in reading the Bible. a. True b. False a Jonathan Swift wrote for…...
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English Language and Literature UNIT TEST #5
Read the poem. Instruments poised, chins high Not a blink, nor a sigh As every eye awaits her hand To cue the members of the band. What is the poem's rhyme scheme? aabb Read the paragraph from The Hot Zone. There was not a uniform in the group, although a few members of the ambulance team wore camouflage fatigues. The caravan crossed the Potomac River at Point of Rocks and hit Leesburg Pike just as rush hour began. The traffic…...
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Characteristics of Langston Hughes Poetry (SL)
Common Subject of Harlem Renaissance Poetry Sadness, isolation, loneliness, aspects of the African American experience, both historical & contemporary Common Themes Effects of oppression; Emotions of people who are oppressed; Racial identity; Pride; Resistance Two Dominant Styles Emulation of traditional poetic style (elevated and formal diction); Experimentation with new style, especially the African American vernacular Two Dominant Forms Use of traditional forms of romantic poetry, especially the sonnet; Experimentation with new forms and rhythms (jazz, bebop) and free verse Influences…...
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Strophic vs Through-composed
Strophic Song form where the same melody is repeated with every stanza of text: Through-composed A song structure that is composed from beginning to end without repetition of whole sections is called: Modified strophic Song form where the main melody is repeated for two or three stanzas but has a new or significantly varies material introduced when the text requires it: Lied The German term for the art song: A song cycle A group of Lieder unified by some narrative…...
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Swift’s Political Critique of Irish Currency Devaluation
a cause for which Swift wrote the devaluation of Irish coins Tory party Swift's, Johnson's, Goldsmith's political party subject of the Deserted Village destruction of village life Gulliver's Travels a political satire "labouring swain" is an example poetic diction johnson believed literature should appeal mainly to this person common man political events of second half of the eighteenth century growing British empire published by Johnson A dictionary of the English language published by Goldsmith The Vicar of Wakefield simile a…...
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BIBL 104 – Quiz 4 Study Guide
When God finally responds to Job (38:1-41:34), a dialogue takes place where Job asks God questions regarding suffering, and God replies with the answers. False. (2.5 out of 2.5) How is the Hebrew term hevel ("meaningless", "vapor", or "futility") used throughout the book? To describe various aspects of life in a fallen world and our fleeing earthly existence. (2.5 out of 2.5) Why did God allow such events to happen to Job? God does not explain his reason behind Job's…...
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Middle Ages and Renaissance Music 120 Quiz 2
The term "Dark Ages" formerly referred to the time: between 500 and 1000 c.e. The two centers of power during the early Middle Ages were the church and: newly formed centralized governments led by kings. The most important patron of music in the Middle Ages was: the Roman Catholic Church. The late Middle Ages witnessed the building of great cathedrals. the founding of universities. the rise of the bourgeoisie. During the Middle Ages, the status of women: was raised through…...
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English 10 A Unit 1 Pretest
Identify the subject and mood of the poem. Discuss how the poet's use of figurative language, imagery, and symbolism contribute to the reader's understanding. There's a resentful mood. There is personification, imagery, and figurative language. Her mother's house represents the attitude of her mother; the walls stood at attention, the air knew to hold its breath, the polished floor defied heel marks. Which excerpt best illustrates a contemplative mood? "Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:" Each…...
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English 10 A Unit Test
"Metonymy" is best defined as a figure of speech in which one noun is substituted for another with which it is closely associated Which excerpt best reflects Byron's appreciation of beauty? "the nameless grace/Which waves in every raven tress" "Conceit" is best defined as a lengthy or extended metaphor Which of the following techniques does this poem use? I. simile II. sensory imagery III. allusion I and II Which of the following is a key reason to include hyperbole in…...
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Meta Poetry: Poetry about Poetry
Read the excerpt from "Poetry." In the meantime, if you demand on the one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness and that which is on the other hand genuine, you are interested in poetry. What is the theme of this excerpt? Poetry should convey truthful content and emotion. Which words from "A Day for Wandering" best indicate that the speaker is happy to be outside? harmonic, confidant, and content Which statement best describes the effect of…...
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Western Civilization Ch.3-5 Review
Greeks made contact with the _____ in the ninth century B.C.E. Phoenicians. The Greeks referred to some people with whom they came into contact as barbarians because they: did not speak Greek. Hubris is: excessive pride, which was punished by the gods. Homer's poetry describes a world in which: warrior aristocrats competed for status and power and reinforced social ties through hospitality and gift-giving. The social center and organizational hub of the Greek polis was: the agora. By the sixth…...
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HUM2020-MIDTERM Questions and Answers
Fugue Two melodic lines playing against each other: Ragtime Fugue Rockabilly Sonata Adagio Scoundrel song When performers sing that they "can eat when they're hungry" is what type of song: protest song Commemorative song Scoundrel song Accumulation song Gospel song Jazz According to this chapter, rock is a fusion of all these styles except for: Gospel Jazz Rap Rhythm and blues Country and western African The musical roots of jazz are: Chinese African French German Unknown 1960s The rock band,…...
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Music Appreciation Final Exam
A melodic line that moves by small intervals is called consonant false A second melody played against the first is called a countermelody true In scientific terms, pitch is determined by its frequency true Melody is a concept that occurs only in Western music false The distance between two pitches is called an interval The high point of a melodic line is considered its cadence false The term referring to the overall shape of a melody is contour A succession…...
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Literary Terms from Word Search
Rhyme repetition of ending sounds of words Simile comparison using the words "like" or "as" Hyperbole the use of exagerration Personification animals, ideas or inanimate objects are given human characteristics Setting time and place in a story Symbol a word or object that stands for another word or object Theme a common thread or repeated idea in a piece of writing Metaphor a direct comparison between two things Pun a play on words Alliteration the repitition of beginning sounds of…...
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Gentility and Social Acceptance in Jane Austen Novels.
publication of Jane Austen's novels Which event did not occur between 1750 and 1800? gentility In order to be socially acceptable, a family needed? increased because of lowered mortality rates from diseases Between 1760 and 1815, England's population? first public railways opened in England What was an important improvement in transportation during this time period? romantics valued emotion and imagination How does Romanticism differ from the Enlightenment? sensibility and imagination Early Romantic writers valued? all of these Robert Burns was?…...
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POETRY, MOOD & TONE, SOUND DEVICES
MOOD The overall feeling or emotion felt by the reader. TONE The author's attitude toward his subject; sets the mood. POETRY Literature written in verse with a blend of imagery and sound to tell a story or create an emotional response. VERSE A single line of poetry. STANZA A group of lines within a poem; like a paragraph in prose. ALLITERATION The repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words - ex. Sally sells seashells by the…...
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Poem 1-A Poison Tree (Conflict Poetry)
Theme 1 that the poem uses? THEME- Anger-How we deal with angry is extremely important EVIDENCE/QUOTES- 'I was angry with my friend/I told my wrath, my wrath did not end' 'I was angry with my foe/I told it not, my wrath did grow' ANALYSIS- The first stanza deals with two different ways of dealing with anger and the two different outcomes that may occur as a result. Theme 2 that the poem uses? THEME- Deception-The speaker bottles things up and…...
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WJEC 2017 Poetry Anthology Comparisons
Death The Manhunt, The Soldier, A Wide in London, Dulce et Decorum Est, Mametz Wood. Location London, Living Space, Hawk Roosting, The Prelude. War The Manhunt, The Soldier, A Wife in London, Dulce et Docurm Est, Mametz Wood. Relationships The Manhunt, Sonnet 43, Cozy Apologia, Valentine, A Wife in London, Afternoons. Grief The Soldier, As Imperceptibly as Grief, A Wife in London. Nature As Imperceptibly as Grief, Death of a Naturalist, Hawk Roosting, To Autumn, The Prelude. Power Hawk Roosting,…...
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Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar- Poetry
I know why the caged bird sings! The line suggests that at the end of the poem the speaker realizes what it like to have no freedom. To show he is not singing because he is happy The poet includes the words "It is not a carol of joy or glee" To emphasize the pain by pausing at the end of the lines What is most likely the reason for the poet's use of the dash punctuation mark? Beats his…...
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"Sound and Sense" Poetry Terms – Duple meter – Irony
Duple meter a meter in which a majority of the feet contain two syllables. Iambic and trochaic are both this End rhyme rhymes that occur at the ends of the lines End-stopped line A line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation English (Shakespearean) sonnet A sonnet rhyming ababcdcdefefgg. Its content or structure ideally parallels the rhyme scheme, falling into three coordinate quatrains and a concluding couplet; but it is often structured, like the Italian sonnet,…...
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Metaphysical and Cavalier Poetry and Authors
what does metaphysical poetry refer to? the work of group of English lyric poets from the 17th century (not its own movement Who coined this term and when? Samuel Johnson in 1744 metaphysical concerned with abstract thoughts or subjects, like existence, causality, or truth; highly abstract or subtle Sig Fig Poets John Donne and George Herbert defining characteristic metaphysical conceit metaphysical conceit a comparison; a figure of speech that uses unusual and paradoxical images what is metaphysical poetry inspired by?…...
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Metaphysical-Cavalier English 3
time period 17th century, 1625-1660bce English Civil War between cavaliers (support king) vs. roundheads (puritan peeps who back parlament) Oliver Cromwell head of puritans, arrests Charles 1st, set up Republic of England/ English commonwealth, wanted to unite nation but divided, stubborn, ruled 1653-1658 what other nations support the cavaliers Scottland (support charles 2nd) and irish (support catholic cavaliers) when was monarchy restored 1660 school of (ben) Jonson english renaissance (flowery poetry, longed to hold onto past) On my first son…...
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types of verse, meter, rhyme, poetic devices, and figurative language
lyric subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which reveals poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression narrative non-dramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates a story or narrative sonnet a rigid 14-line verse form, with variable structure and rhyme scheme according to type: Shakespearean (English) or Italian (Petrarchan) ode elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme blank verse unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter free verse unrhymed lines…...
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Grade 10- poetry terms:sound devices, structure, types AND Literature
onomatopoeia A word that imitates the sound it represents. rhyme Repetition of sounds at the end of words alliteration Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words consonance Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity. assonance Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity stanza A group of lines in a poem forming metrical unit couplet A pair (2) of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a…...
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Sonnets and metaphysical poetry
Sonnet a poem usually of 14 lines in which the poet examines two usually contrasting ideas, emotions, states of mind, beliefs, actions, events, images, etc., by juxtaposing the two against each other, and possibly resolving or just revealing the tensions created and operative between the two 3 types of sonnets • Italian • Spenserian and English Italian (Pertrarchrain) sonnet ID • Divided into two sections by two different groups of rhyming sounds • The first 8 lines is called the…...
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Types of Diction
Slang Refers to a group of recently coined words often used in informal situations. Colloquial Expressions Non standard, usually regional. Ways of using language appropriate to informal or conversational speech and writing. (Y'all) Jargon Words and expressions characteristic of a particular trade, profession and pursuit. Dialect A nonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammar features. Writers often use regional dialects or dialects that reveal a person's economic or social class. Concrete Diction Specific words that describe…...
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Week 12 Poetry Terms "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables refrain A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza. Theme A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. Tone A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter Slant Rhyme rhyme in which the vowel sounds are nearly, but not exactly the same (i.e. the words…...
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Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art by John Keats
What is the poem alluding to? The North Star (a.k.a. Polaris) Why does the author want to be like the star? The star is never changing Who wrote "Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art" John Keats You can infer that the narrator in the poem is a what, because he is referring to the North Star? A traveler (one who may be lost or adrift) What type of figurative language is in lines 1-2 of the poem?…...
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Margaret Atwood Poetry
You Begin 2 Headed Poems- duality of relationships especially mother and child This is A Photograph of Me Circle Games in 1964, 1st big collection about identity lost, death and love, male and female relationships On the Streets, Love Circle Games, Male and female relationships At the Tourist Center in Boston Animals in that Country- Celebrates the Natural World The Gods Avoid Revealing Themselves Animals in that Country-Celebrates the Natural World Disembarking At Quebec Susanna Moody Collection, transitioning from Scotland…...
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Anglo-Saxon Poetry, The Seafarer and The wanderer, The Wife’s Lament
Six characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry alliteration, epithets, kennings, understatements, repetition, and caesuras Define alliteration the repetition of the 1st consonant sound in a single line of poetry Define epithets an adjective only used for describe a certain noun Define kennings two nouns to describe one well-known noun Define understatements a statement making a scene less than what it is Define repetition repeating the same idea multiple times in different ways Define caesuras a pause/cut in the middle of the line…...
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AP English – John Donne ~ John Milton
Metaphysical Poetry (History/Coined) a collection of different poets... *not a genre or a group that interacted!!. • Coined by Samuel Johnson (after the fact) Metaphysical Poetry (Definition) "meta" - after "physical" - world Questions that go beyond science I.e. religion, predestination? free choice? God(s)? Chief techniques used in Metaphysical Poetry (2) *Conceits* - extended metaphors Also used *wit & humor* to answer their questions... sometimes satirically- emphasis on intelligent humor List the Metaphysical Poets John Donne George Herbert John Donne…...
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