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• Matsuo Basho - the supreme japanese haiku poet
• matsuo basho was born in Ueno, Iga Province in 1644
• matsuo basho lived in a small cottage in Fukagawa, Tokyo
• matsuo basho transferred to the kai province
• a buddhist philosophy - zen
• In 1682, the hermitage was burned and In 1683, the hermitage was rebuilt
• a form of poetry that focuses on a brief moment in time, and a sense of sudden illumination or enlightenment. - haiku
• what is the measurement of haikus? - 5-7-5
• a word or phrase that places it in a particular season. - kigo
• saint teresa's full name - Teresa Ali Fatima Corella Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada
• saint teresa was born on march 28,1515 in avila, spain. she died on october 4, 1582 at the age of 67.
• saint teresas dad - Don Alonso Sánchez de Cepeda
• saint teresas mom - Doña Beatriz Dávila y Ahumada.
• Two words with their final stressed vowel and all following sounds are identical. - perfect rhyme
• A variety of phonetic or speech sound likeness between words. - general rhyme
• Words with similar sounding last syllable but without a stressed vowel. - syllabic rhyme
• Also called half rhyme, slant rhyme, or near rhyme. Either of the vowels or consonants of stressed syllables are identical. - imperfect rhyme
• Also an assonance, these are words having the same vowel sound - slant rhyme
• Words with the same consonant sound - consonance
• Also known as alliteration, this refers to the same initial consonant sounds - head rhyme
• Also called sight rhyme, this refers to words having the same spelling but different sounds - eye rhyme
• Set in London, in the early 20th century at the end of the Victorian Era - Pygmalion
• She is introduced as the flower girl - Eliza Doolittle
• A linguist who studies phonetics and ways of speaking. - henry higgins
• An academic who shares the same interest in linguistics as Higgins but specializes in Indian dialects. - colonel pickering
• Pygmalion is a sculptor in Cyprus
• Pygmailion prayed to Venus that she'd bring his sculpture to life.
• who wrote pygmalion, the greek myth? - Ovid
• the three literary devices used in pygmalion - symbolism, allusion, satire
• the themes in pygmalion - femininity and gender roles, social class and manners
• George Bernard Shaw was born in July 26,1856 in Dublin, Ireland. Died on November, 2 1950
• George Bernard Shaw wrote Pygmalion in 1912
• A specific convention or structure that is employed by the author to produce a given effect, such as imagery, irony, or foreshadowing. - literary devices
• The time and place in which a story occurs - setting
• describes what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted , or touched. writers often use this to enhance the mood and theme in writing - sensory details
• The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer and expressed through the setting. - mood
• The basic sequence of events in a story. - plot
• the three main parts of plot : rising action, climax, falling action
• A work presents material that occurred prior to the opening scene - flashback
• Hints to events that will occur later. Prepares the reader or viewer for action to come - foreshadowing