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Definitions of Literary Terms - 1 views

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Michelle Kassorla on 05 Oct 11

This is a list of literary terms for introductory literature courses. It is helpful because it is simple and straight forward, and doesn't get bogged down with too much detail.

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RPO -- Alexander Pope : An Essay on Man: Epistle I - 2 views

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Awake, my St. John!
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  He is directing his attention to his friend, St. John (prounounced "Sin-jin"). Because he refers to him by his given name and not by his title, you can tell that the author is friends with St. John.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">He is directing his attention to his friend, St. John (prounounced "Sin-jin"). Because he refers to him by his given name and not by his title, you can tell that the author is friends with St. John.</div>
  
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meaner
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  "lesser" things.
  
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To low ambition, and the pride of kings.
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  Interesting how "low ambition" and "pride of kings" are considered to be the same thing! Setting us up for a somewhat sarcastic piece.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting how "low ambition" and "pride of kings" are considered to be the same thing! Setting us up for a somewhat sarcastic piece.</div>
  
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Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  ex·pa·ti·ate ( k-sp sh - t ). intr.v. ex·pa·ti·at·ed, ex·pa·ti·at·ing, ex·pa·ti·ates. 1. To speak or write at length. In other words--Pope is inviting his friend to a read/write a long, probably philisophical analysis, of "this scene of man." Humanity?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">ex·pa·ti·ate ( k-sp sh - t ). intr.v. ex·pa·ti·at·ed, ex·pa·ti·at·ing, ex·pa·ti·ates. 1. To speak or write at length. In other words--Pope is inviting his friend to a read/write a long, probably philisophical analysis, of "this scene of man." Humanity?</div>
  
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A mighty maze!
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  The maze is an ancient symbol for the fate of man. The one who is in the maze cannot see how to get out. See [http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem-projects/maa/Interview_with_the_Minotaur/rite.htm]
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The maze is an ancient symbol for the fate of man. The one who is in the maze cannot see how to get out. See [<a href="http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem-projects/maa/Interview_with_the_Minotaur/rite.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem-projects/maa/Interview_with_the_Minotaur/rite.htm</a>]</div>
  
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A wild, where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot;               8Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  He gives his first choice here, building upon the maze idea . . . do you take one path or the other? One explanation or the other? Is life a place of weeds or a garden? Do we have "promiscuous flow'rs" or "forbidden fruit"?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">He gives his first choice here, building upon the maze idea . . . do you take one path or the other? One explanation or the other? Is life a place of weeds or a garden? Do we have "promiscuous flow'rs" or "forbidden fruit"?</div>
  
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let us beat this ample field
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  "Beat" the field can refer to both beating a field to scare game out of it, and beating wheat or barley to remove the seads for harvesting. He is asking his friend to look deeply, to scare the hidden things out of the "field of man."
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Beat" the field can refer to both beating a field to scare game out of it, and beating wheat or barley to remove the seads for harvesting. He is asking his friend to look deeply, to scare the hidden things out of the "field of man."</div>
  
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Try what the open, what the covert yield
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  Another example of choice in the poem--trying both the "open" and the "covert" (hidden) things that will be revealed.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Another example of choice in the poem--trying both the "open" and the "covert" (hidden) things that will be revealed.</div>
  
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blindly creep, or sightless soar
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  Interesting, in this choice we are either blindly creeping or blindly soaring. In other words--whether we are moving quickly or slowly, whether we are in the dirt or in the sky, we are all blind to what is here. This is a further development to the idea of the maze.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting, in this choice we are either blindly creeping or blindly soaring. In other words--whether we are moving quickly or slowly, whether we are in the dirt or in the sky, we are all blind to what is here. This is a further development to the idea of the maze.</div>
  
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Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies,             14And catch the manners living as they rise;
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  A development of the idea of the harvest or the hunt and beating the unseen out of the scene. Shoot "folly" (stupidity) when it flies up like a frightened game-bird, or catching manners. He is "personifying" these characteristics.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A development of the idea of the harvest or the hunt and beating the unseen out of the scene. Shoot "folly" (stupidity) when it flies up like a frightened game-bird, or catching manners. He is "personifying" these characteristics.</div>
  
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But vindicate the ways of God to man.
- Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11
  
  This is the purpose of their quest in analyzing the "scene of man."
  
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Michelle Kassorla on 01 Aug 11

This is an example of how to annotate a literary piece. Everyone will will have something different to say. There is no right or wrong. These are like discussions with yourself.

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Jonathan Swift - 0 views

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Basic informatiion about his life and his literary work

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Basic informatiion about his life and his literary work</div>

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