FIRST SEMESTER REVIEW

Study Guide/Review – Fall Final 2015

 

Be able to define and recognize the following literary terms:

 

 

Allegory

Alliteration

Allusion

Anaphora

Antimetabole

Antithesis

Apostrophe

Archetype

Asynedeton/ polysyndeton

Characterization

Chivalry

Connotation

Courtly Love

Diction

Dramatic irony

Epic

Epic Hero

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

Fallacies

Foil

Generalization

Imagery (types)

Inversion

Hyperbole

Juxtaposition

Maxim

Metaphor

Monologue

Myth

Parable

Paradox

Parody

Personification

Plot

P’u

Pun

Renaissance man

Rhetoric

Sarcasm

Simile

Situational irony

Syllogism

Symbol

Syntax

Theme

Tone

Tragedy

Tragic Hero

Tragic Irony

Understatement

Verbal Irony

Wu Wei

Yin Yang

 

 

 

Know key terms from units.

Know background of archetype.

Know difference between epic and tragic heroes.

Review Oedipus.

Review Socrates/Plato and “Allegory of the Cave.”

Know background Asian philosophy: Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism

Review comma rules, modifiers, and MLA format.