TN Verse style & imagery flashcard

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What is the omnipresent rhetorical device in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' that serves as a tool for seduction, persuasion, dissimulation, and play?

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The rhetoric of love

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What is the function of 'jeux de mots (quibbles)' in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'?

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They are at the heart of the play's humor and rely on the polysemy of words, revealing the intelligence of the characters and sometimes creating misunderstandings.

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Which stylistic device involves Shakespeare substituting one word for another to create striking images and poetic shortcuts, such as using 'cruelty' for 'cruel lady'?

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Figures of substitution

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Source of constant images for describing emotions and situations in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'.

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Bodily and physical imagery

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In Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', which type of imagery is used when characters are compared to animals to highlight traits such as cunning, foolishness, or nobility?

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Animal imagery

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What effect does the mixing of registers (le mélange des registres) have in Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night'?

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It creates a great richness of tones by blending elevated poetic language with familiar and burlesque language.

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Which figure of style is exemplified by the phrase 'A brother's dead love' (I.1.30) in 'Twelfth Night'? Options: Hypallage, Métonymie/Synecdoque, Personification, Metaphor

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Métonymie/Synecdoque

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What does the figure of style 'Hypallage' emphasize in the phrase 'secret soul' (II.4.14)?

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It emphasizes the interiority and depth of feelings, as it is not the soul that is secret, but what it contains.

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Hendiadys

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Replace the subordination of a noun with a coordination of two nouns.

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Which example from Shakespeare illustrates the figure of style 'Chiasme'?

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For shallow draught and bulk unprizable (V.1.49)