Looking around the word and seeing how it is used, noticing if it is used as a noun, verb, adjective etc
Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
Read the excerpt from "Thoughts on the Works of Providence" by Phillie Wheatley and complete the sentence that follows.
Arise, my soul, on wings enraptur'd, rise
To praise the monarch of the earth and skies,
Whose goddess and beneficence appear
As round its centre moves the rolling year,
Or when the morning glows with rosy charms,
Or the sun slumbers in the ocean's arms:
Of light divine be a rich portion lent
To guide my soul, and favour my intent.
The excerpt has the characteristics of a <u>medieval</u> poem, including its usage of <u>trochaic mete</u>r and its <u>elevated </u>style of language.
Blank Space #1 Choices:
A - neoclassical
B - medieval
C - modernist
D - Elizabethan
Blank Space #2 Choices:
A - rhyme schemes
B - heroic couplets
C - trochaic meter
D - ballad form
Blank Space #3 Choices:
A - understated
B - elevated
C - slang
D - informal
Although many different playwrights throughout history have been known to criticize political and social norms in their plays, perhaps the most famous was "Euripides".
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