English Literature 12

Literature 12
Medieval Essay Assignment
Mr. Nelson
In order to help us keep the Medieval texts we have encountered in our brains, as well as get going on essay writing, we will begin with outlining a comparative essay. This assignment will go through the steps of preparing for writing an essay, BUT does not end with the [...]

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Ballad
“a narrative poem, intended to be sung without a known author. [...] Most ballads include these features:
- Four-line stanzas in whicn the second and fourth lines rhyme
- Repeated key phrases or a regularly repeated section, called a refrain
- Dialogue. ( Prentice Hall Literature: The British Tradition 189)

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Hi everyone…
I just finished commenting on your comments from the ‘Barbara Allan’ post, and my mind is just whirring. I am amazed, blown away, and totally jazzed at the depth of response you each gave. Right on, everyone! Your answers were succint and thoughtful, and I hope you enjoyed writing them and enjoy reading each [...]

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After reading ‘Barbara Allan’ –>pg. 199
Read and respond to (comment on the blog) one of the questions at the end of the section.
Please remember to check your spelling.

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Beowulf Study Notes:
These notes are not nearly as detailed as the Chaucer ones from previous post, as I merely did marginalia while reading (defacing my textbook by writing in the margins…), but I think they are more realistic in their expectations for your studying.
General:
vocabulary:
epic, Kenning, caesura, assonance, alliteration (see pg. 15 of your text, or [...]

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Genre– the epic : this involves several things:
1. a hero who does heroic things (usually represents a battle between good and evil) these things are usually pretty big and overblown, such as Beowulf’s fighting Grendel’s mother without his sword, or being able to go into the underwater world for quite some time without drowning…still trying [...]

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Hi everyone…
As promised, here are my ‘reading notes’ from Chaucer’s ‘Prologue’. Please do not freak out, as this is not the intense detail you would need to know for an exam . If they help your studying, please use them, gratis ; if they hinder you or stress you out, ignore them. They are [...]

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