ENGL 150 Exam Review

Stage directions are meant to be read out loud during a play's performance.

A third person omniscient narrator has access to the thoughts of all characters.

This form of narration has access only to some character's thoughts.

A reference to something outside of the literary text

Fiction that reflects on the purpose and meaning of fiction

Shakespeare wrote: "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." Thou is the

Iambic pentameter is a kind of

The psychological mechanism that stifles dangerous drives.

Is this a vampire or T.S. Eliot?

Who wrote it?: "Here you are / treating me like a liar! / I command you! / Burn me!"

Who wrote this? "Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky"

Who wrote this?: "Get out as quickly as you can/ and don't have any kids yourself"

Author?: "I might get up, but if I got up and looked at it, ten to one I shouldn't be able to say for certain"

Who wrote it?: "But I hung on like death /  Such waltzing was not easy."

Second person narration uses what pronoun?

"A person, place, object, or image that represents more than its literal meaning"

Indirect characterization is when a narrator tells us something about a character.

Author? "First, you have to gather the cash to preorder the game at the local GameStop"

The repetition of the same word at the beginning of a sequence of sentences.

The "emotional coloration" of a word

New Criticism emphasizes historical context when interpreting literature.

This kind of historical and ideological analysis traditionally focuses on economic class in literature.

Author? "I'm not disrespectin' you. I'm just trying to get paid, that's all."

Who wrote this?: "I peek / in the other room señoras / in faded dresses stir sweet / milk coffee"

This kind of poetry tells a story