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Fundamentals of Lit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Authorial intent | The reason that an author composed his or her work |
| Theme | A type of extended metaphor that forms a story with two levels of meaning. |
| Universal theme | An idea about life that is found throughout world literature because it can be understood by people of all times and places |
| Moral | A simple statement that sums up a truth about life |
| Explicit theme | A theme stated outright within a work of literature |
| Implicit theme | A theme that is not stated outright but must be discerned from the details that the author includes in the work |
| Allegory | A type of extended metaphor that forms a story with two levels of meaning |
| Symbol | A person, place,m thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself |
| Irony | The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction in what is expected to happen and what actually happens |
| Situational irony | A type of irony in which a story's events violate normal expectations |
| Verbal irony | Irony occurring when an author's or character's meaning differs from what he or she expresses in words |
| Dramatic irony | A type of irony in which the reader is aware of the plot development of which the characters of the story are unaware |
| In "The Silver Mine," what does the king decide is most important to his kingdom? | Good and happy people |
| How does the parson and his friends' early opinion of wealth become ironic? | It ruins them |
| What is the main theme of "The Silver Mine"? | Wealth is corrupting |
| In "Beauty and the Beast," what does Beauty's request of her father when he leaves to check on his ships reveal about her? | She values beauty and she is not materialistic |
| What does the prince mean by the advice he gives Beauty in her dream: "Do not trust too much to your eyes"? | Do not focus on outward beauty |
| Does the theme of "Beauty and the Beast" qualify as universal? Why or why not? | Yes, because it can be understood and applied by everyone |
| What is the type of conflict in "Go Down, Death"? Explain your answer briefly. | Man against himself |
| Which two lines from " Do not go gentle into that good night" explicitly state the theme of the poem? | Don't have the answer |
| How does the title "Quality" reveal authorial intent? | He focuses on how quality products are better than manufacturing |
| In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," what object acts as a symbol of lost youth? | A Rose |
| In "When You Are Old," does Yeats state his theme explicitly? Explain. | No |
| In "A Black Man Talks of Reaping," the author focuses on what theme? | The inability of black people |
| According to Bontemps's poem, the grain is taken away by whom or what? | His brothers sons |
| In "The Silver Mine," the king discovered the parishioners to be downtrodden, desperately unhappy, and eager to leave the villages. | False |
| The parishioners' land was difficult to farm, and they could barely supply a livelihood for their families. | True |
| "Beauty and the Beast" is an example of allegory. | False |
| When the Beast allows her to visit her family, Beauty stays longer than planned because she does not want to return to the Beast. | False |
| In "Go Down, Death" the preacher tells the mourners not to cry because Sister Caroline's death was peaceful. | False |
| The men in "Do not go into that good night" fight death because they regret leaving behind the possible future accomplishments and experiences. | True |
| The primary conflict in"Quality" is man against a power greater than himself: the Gessler brothers against a growing industrial society. | True |
| THe authorial intent in writing "Quality" is to reveal the hardships of the trade and working conditions. | True |
| According to "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," the guests who participated in the experiment gained wisdom from their experience. | False |
| One theme of "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" is man's desire to perpetually enjoy the pleasures of youth. | True |
| "When You Are Old" highlights the value of inner beauty. | False |
| In "A Black Man Talks of Reaping," Bontemps presents presents African Americans as having the opportunity to fulfill the American dream. | False |
| The last stanza of Bontemps's poem gives an example of situational irony. | True |
| In "The Silver Mine," how do the king and the parson differ both in character and in how they learn the lesson of true riches? Explain your answer. | |
| In "Beauty and the Beast," is Beauty's first impression of the Beast accurate? Why or why not? | |
| What emotion do the characters described by the speakers of "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "When You Are Old" have in common? | |
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