Parasie Lost Extra

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Exrodium
Adressing the listener
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Narratio
Introduction to, and then development of main point
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Comfirmatio
Evidence and proofs used within an argument
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Confutatio
Dealing with objections
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Conclusio
Summing up decisions that has been reached
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Ecphonesis
Exclamation mark
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parrallelism
Similar structure in a series of words
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Antethesis
Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often parallel structure
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Asyndeton
List using commas
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Polysyndeton
Lists using conjugations (and)
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Assonance
Repeition of vowels
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Anaphora
Repetition of he same word at the beginning of two clauses
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Consonance
repetition of sound created due to consonances
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Epistrophe
Repetition of the same word at the end of two clauses
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Epanalepsis
Repetitionof a word at the begining of the first clause and the end of the next
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Anadiplosis
Repetition of a word at the end of the first clause and the beginning of the next
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Hyperbole
Exaggerated terms
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Onomatopoeia
Use of words whose sound echos the sense
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Oxymoron
Two terms which are ordinarily contradictory placed next to one another
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Paradox
An apparent contradiction
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Prelapsarian
BEFORE the Fall of Man
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Postlapsarian
AFTER the Fall of Man
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Spenser's Fairrie Queen Comformatio
Inspired Milton to have multiple deceptive arguments in Paradise Lost in order to allow for the characters to easily be manipulated. Heroes fall over and over again, yielding to temptation, being deceived or seduced from their duty
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When was Paradise Lost published?
1667
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Mary Powell
Milton's Wife who left him in the process of him writing Paradise Lost, this caused him to write to the Church asking for a divorced- Many of his criticisms of Eve and women are based on his anger of his wife
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1652
Milton became completely blind
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Epic Poem
lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily involving a time beyond living memory in which occurred the extraordinary doings- Paradise Lost is 12 Book's Long
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Epic Hero
The idea from Greek Methodology where there is a main character who embarks on a difficult and long journey in order to reach a goal (Satan?)
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17th Century Political and Social Context - Civil War breaks out in 1642
maligned Charles I and ‘Parliamentarians’ clash. It is known as the ‘Royalists’ Vs the Parliament Forces (Milton was with Parliament Forces)
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17th Century Political and Social Context-End of civil war
Royalist forces defeated in 1646
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17th Century Political and Social Context- Commonwealth
An independent country, republican system begins
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Milton's Religious Beliefs
He despised Puritan's and their beliefs as he is more christian beliefs and the idea of God all-knowing, all-loving, a-powerful
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Draws a lot of Paradise Lost from the Bible
It is seen as the word of God and therefore doesn't need altering
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Paradise Lost is written to respond to Calvin
Calvin's view is that God's supreme power, and his knowledge, or desire for, the Fall happenig
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Milton uses his poetic licence in Paradise Lost
Statan's punishment and God's reaction and punishment as Adam blindly is lead by Eve to commit original sin
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Written in Blank verse
Not in ryhme- questioned and contriversial
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Satan can be paralleled Milton's disobedience to the monarchy
The decision to rebel against authority, the ambition to be free not to be subservient, would have had a particular force for readers who had lived through the Civil War and the changing fortunes of the King and the Commonwealth.
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His Wife returned to him
She submitted to him and he re-accepted her and their 4 children,like Adam at the end of Book 10
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Card 2

Front

Introduction to, and then development of main point

Back

Narratio

Card 3

Front

Evidence and proofs used within an argument

Back

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Card 4

Front

Dealing with objections

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Summing up decisions that has been reached

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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