ENGL 100 Study Guide - Second-Wave Feminism, De Jure, Free Verse
25 Nov 2012
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Terms used in mary wallace"s english 100 lectures this term. Allegory: a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning throughconcrete or material forms; figurative treatmen t of one subjectunder the guise of another. Anapest: a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long inquantitative meter, and two unstressed followe d by one stressed inaccentual meter, as in for the nonce. Blank verse: unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter mostfrequently used in english dramatic, epi c, and reflective verse. A break, especially a sense pause, usually near themiddle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double verticalline, as in know then thyself presume not god to scan. Character development: the development of a person in a story over time as the plot of a story thickens or continues. The character development will often take place during various events that happen to the character in question. Close reading: observe facts and details about the text.
