BJU Elements of Literature Unit 1 Review
Apostrophe
A speaker or writer's directly addressing an absent person, abstraction, or in animate object
Conceit
A type of comparison that draws a striking parallel between two seemingly dissimilar things
Figurative language
An artful deviation from literal speech or normal Word order
Metonymy
And expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself
The following quotation from Twain's story best illustrates which of the following terms? Then he [the bluejay] says, "Well, you're a long hole, and a deep hole, and a mighty singular hole altogether - but I've started in to fill you, and I will fill you, if it takes a hundred years!"
Apostrophe
William Cowper's "The Nightingale and the Glowworm" illustrates which of our terms?
C. Conceit
The message of George Herbert's "The Windows" rests on a
Conceit
Which of the following is not a possible function of imaginative comparisons discussed in the introduction of unit one? A. They draw out readers' emotions. B. They add depth to a writer's message. C. They provide a certain symmetry to a writer's message. D. They delight readers with pleasing sounds in syntax.
D. They delight readers with pleasing sounds in syntax.
Imagery
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions in order to create an impression
What technique used by Hughes enhance his readers' sympathy with the speaker?
Dialect
True false. The world's first poem was created by Eve when she first saw Adam.
False
True or false. Petrunkevitch's essay "The Spider and the Wasp" shows how informative literature is the most likely kind to use imaginative comparisons effectively.
False
True or false. Within the main comparison of "the windows," the word anneal conveys God's ability to forgive our sins.
False
True or false.Do Imaginative comparisons inherently communicate information less clearly than literal language?
False
Personification
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
Explain the meaning of Herbert's primary imaginative comparison in "The Windows," including a statement of the poem's theme. Then point out several similarities and/ or differences between Herbert's meaning for light in his imaginative comparison and its meaning in "The Nightingale and the Glowworm," "The Soul's Dark Cottage," and John 1.
Herbert compares God's preacher to a stain-glasses window. Though the preacher is weak (like glass) and wayward (like the seamed cracks in a stain-glassed window), God is able to weave his truth into the man's very life, transforming him (like a colored picture infused into clear glass). Then the light shining through the window illuminates the picture for all to see, just as God's power in the preacher's life illuminates his truth there for all to see. Herbert's point is that man cannot preach God's word effectively on his own but that God can and will transform him into an effective minister of God's truth. In Herbert's poem, light represents God's power showcasing His truth in a person's life. Similarly in John 1 as well as in Cowper's and Waller's poems, the metaphorical light relates to revealing truth or reality. The glowworm's light signifies wisdom or learning for life, and Waller's light similarly represents wisdom that sees earthly life as it is. John 1 portrays Christ as the ultimate Light, the one who will reveal spiritual truth/reality to the world. On the other hand, while both Cowper's and Waller's metaphorical light symbolizes man's knowledge or understanding of truth, Herbert's and John 1's metaphors highlight God's power to reveal truth.
The main imaginative comparison of Langston Hughes's "Mother to Son" fits what two terms from this unit?
Implied and extended metaphor
What is the term for a metaphor whose tenor remains unstated?
Implied metaphor
The thesis of Petrunkevitch's essay "The Spider and the Wasp" is that
Insect and spider parents show seemingly rational as well as instinctual behaviors.
The hero of Kenneth Roberts's "Return of the Rangers" is clearly
Major Rogers
Waller's poem "The Soul's Dark Cottage" incorporates a____about the gains and losses that come with age.
Paradox
Kenneth Roberts's polished writing style incorporates which technique to aid in compression and imitating a matter-of-fact approach?
Parallelism
In "What Stumped the Blue Jays," what kind of imaginative comparison does Mark Twain use most often to create humor in the story?
Personification
Theme
Recurring or emerging idea in a work of literature
What distinguishes a simile from a metaphor?
The both are imaginative comparisons, assembly states it's comparison using like, as, or as if while a metaphor directly states or implies the equivalence of the two things compared.
Give one way in which Twain's use of dialect in "What Stumped the Blue Jays" affects the tone of the story.
The dialect adds to the humor of the story. It also lends a slight ironic tone to the story, since the Blue Jays are also said to have perfect grammar.
Which incident in "The Return of the Rangers" forms the crisis of the story? List one way in which the author highlights this scene.
The men's journey over the falls is the crisis of the story. Roberts highlights the scene in several ways: he slows down the pace of the story to stretch it out longer; he includes more descriptive details than usual, as if the narrator is hyper-aware; and he includes more imaginative comparisons than usual. He conveys the fearfulness of the men and the very real danger they are in, and he uses all of these to create suspense as the reader waits to see what will happen.
What type of imaginative comparison does "The Nightingale and the Glowworm" as a whole qualify as? Briefly explain the meaning of this comparison within the poem.
The poem as a whole is an allegory. The nightingale represents the beauty of poetry. The glowworm represents poetry's ability to relate wisdom. As the story of the poem illustrates, both have their own place and value in life.
John 1 ends with a reference to Jacob's ladder. What truth does this reference convey about Christ? How does that truth connect with the meaning of the three primary metaphors used for him and the rest of the chapter?
The reference conveys that just as the ladder that Jacob saw connected heaven to earth, so Christ is the bridge between God ("heaven") and man ("earth"). The three main metaphors of the chapter show how he became this bridge. First, his role as the word shows his qualifications to be this bridge: He is the preexistent God, both present at and involved in the beginning of the world. As God's words reveal Him, so Christ, embodied in flesh, reveals God to man. Similarly, He is the light and will reveal to humans God's holiness, their sinfulness, and the consequences of both. He will also show them the way of salvation. Finally, He is God's lamb: He became the guiltless sacrifice that reconciles God and man.
The following quotation of John the Baptist from John 1 exemplifies what literary concept discussed in Unit I? What does John mean? He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
The statement contains a paradox. John says that, the Christ was literally born after him, He ranks higher than John because, as God, Christ preexisted all humans, including John.
In the following quotation from Emily Dickinson's "A Bird Came Down the Walk," what is the tenor and what is the vehicle of the metaphor included? What does the metaphor mean? And he unrolled his feathers, / And rowed him softer Home —- / Than Oars divide the Ocean
The tenor of the metaphor is the bird (seen as "he" in the first line). The vehicle of the metaphor is a ship. In context, the metaphor shows how quietly and smoothly the bird moves through the air, just like a ship gliding through the water.
What is the theme of "Mother to Son"? Briefly explain the primary imaginative comparison of the poem and how it supports that theme.
The theme is that although life is difficult, a person should not quit. The speaker compares life to a stairway that one must journey up. Hers is not a crystal stair (like others') but rather one that is old, in bad repair, and even dark at times. In other words, rather than easy, her life has been full of hardships both material and emotional. Yet she has not given up, and neither should her hearer.
Cacophony
The use of words that are harsh or dissonant in sound
Euphony
The use of words who sounds are pleasant and musical to the year
True false. Understanding the Bible's literary features helps Christians better understand God's message.
True
True or false. In "Mother to Son," the speaker's perseverance is commendable, even scriptural.
True
Synecdoche
Using a part of something to stand for the whole
Do Waller's conclusions about old age conform to a biblical worldview? Explain your answer.
Yes. He observes that age often brings wisdom and that physical weakness often breeds strength of a different sort. He also points out that the more a person understands eternity, the better he is able to value rightly the things of earth. These principles are seen clearly in the Bible and have special significance to those near the end of life.
An allegory is a complex form of
extended metaphor
In "A Bird Came Down the Walk," what does Dickinson use to better catch readers' interest?
personification
In "The Return of the Rangers," what does Roberts use to show the dangers of nature?
personification
John's statement "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us" is an example of what term?
synecdoche
What metaphors were used for Christ in John 1?
the Lamb, the light,the word
The core mark of great writing is
theme
