English 1141 test
propensity
(n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward
who married Eppie
Aaron
________________ wrote satirical portrayals of Victorian lifestyle
Charles Dickens
discoveries at the stone pit formed the __________ of the subplot
Climax
the terms loaded and emotive refer to the ___________ meanings
Connotative
Aim of ___________ novels was social reform
Dickens
3 leading Victorian Novelists
Dickens,Evans, and Thackeray
who blackmailed his brother
Dunstan Cass
Silas life was radically changed with the coming of ___________
Eppie
Author of Silas Marner
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Is both a protagonist and an antagonist
God
____________________ is hiding a illicit relationship with ______________
Godfrey Cass,Molly Farren
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
"We should ever conduct ourselves toward our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend"
John Newman
wrote psychological novels
Mary ann evans
Pamela by Samuel Richardson was important because it added
Mental Emotion
What does novel mean?
New small thing
Mary Ann Evans was known for __________ Novels
Psychological
Social gathering place
Rainbow Inn
Both __________ _________ and stone pit were part of general area known as Raveloe
Red House
Protagonist of the novel
Silas Marner
universal truth portrayed in a classic novel and expressed in such words as "We reap what we saw" is called a _____________
Theme
"The more we study the annals of the past the more shall we rejoice that we live in a merciful age"
Thomas Macaulay
___________________ _____________ and _____________________ _________________ wrote about british history
Thomas carlyle and Thomas Macaulay
character
Together with setting and plot from a novel
silas was framed by who
William Dane
Social Satirist
William Thackeray
Dogma
an unproven principle or belief held to be true
Setting
background data of novel
Silas Suffered from ____________________
catalepsy
Writer or speaker should consider the ___________ of words
choice
Main reason for speaking and writing is ___________________
communication
Meanings that emerge from personal, individual experiences are...
connotative
for the denotative meaning of a word examine the _________where the word is used
context
literal dictionary meanings of words are _________
denotative
The raveloe community did nothing to restore Silas _______ in God
faith
Exposition
forms a plot along with complication
candor
honesty, frankness
novel
long fictional story
Flashback
means similar to in medias res used for setting
Protagonist
person in conflict with the antagonist
Plot
plan or main story of a novel
hypocrisy
pretending to believe what one does not
amorphous
shapeless
Climax
the event that begins the resolution of the conflict
Psychology
the science of behavior and mental processes
Sarcasm
the use of irony to mock or convey contempt
what is the central underlying truth called
theme
compensate
to make up for; to repay for services
insinuate
to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly
extirpate
to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
subsequent
(adj.) coming after; following in time, place, or order
implacable
(adj.) not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding
Silas was shocked of the industrial changed when he revisited ___________ _________
Lantern yard
First English Novel
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
supportive of moral earnestness John Newman fought as his chief foe ______________________________ __ __________________
Secularism in education
The ______________ ___ was the era of the _____________ __ ___________________- _____________
Victorian Age,Classics of English Novelists
building blocks of communication
words
drudgery
work that is hard and tiresome