"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by DH Lawrence

anxious about money....fairytale

rides rocking horse on a quest until he knows what horse is going to win

to be lucky and make money for his mom o they wont be poor and she will be happy

wants it all now; greedy

dies from exhaustion/ she is rich

greed destroys

itself and something else

event, place, idea, or emotion

materialism

parents endless race for material sufficiency

love her children.

An extravagant lifestyle.

Basset.

Daffodil.

The horse loses.

his desire for his mother's love.

One thousand pounds.

devastated (shocked) that his mother is not satisfied.

He doesn't want to miss the Derby.

He hears the name of the winning horse while riding his rocking horse.

Riding his rocking-horse.

Malabar wins, and the boy makes eighty thousand pounds.

third-person omniscient.

False.

False.

True.

D. H. Lawrence

The woman in the story had all the advantages but no- ? (rocking horse winner)

what was the unspoken phrase? (the rocking horse winner)

What was the boy's name in the rocking horse winner?

what was the horse's name last week? (rocking horse winner)

who was the young gardener?

What was the uncle's name in the rocking horse winner?

Where did Uncle Oscar take Paul & Basset? (Rocking horse winner)

Where does the rocking horse winner take place?

What had just happened before the story opens? (rocking horse winner)

What power does the rocking horse give Paul?

Why does Paul fall off the rocking horse?

What happens when Paul falls off the rocking horse?

what was paul's misfortune in the rocking horse winner?

who wrote the rocking horse winner?

What is the family's last name in a rocking horse winner?

choice of words used in a literary work

language that extends the meaningof words

an expression that departs from the accepted literal sense or from the normal order of words

imagery

the analysis of poetic meter in verse lines by displaying stresses, pauses, and rhyme patterns with conventional visual symbols- (figuring out if iamb is anapest, pyrrhic, etc.)

the running over of the sense and grammatical structure from 1 verse line or couplet to the next w/o a pause

the pattern of sounds perceived as the recurrence of equivalent beats

the pattern in which the rhymed line- endings are arranged in a poem or stanza

a line group of lines or part of a line repeated at regular or irregular intervals in a poem

a verse stanza of 4 lines rhymed or unrhymed

U U unstressed unstressed

an expression that achieves emphasis or humor- a joke

a rhetorical term for the repeated use of conjunctions to link together words, clauses, or sentences

a figure of speech in which partial repetition arise from the use in close proximity of 2 related words having different forms

language sung, chanted, spoken, or written according to some pattern of recurrence that emphasizes the relationships between words on the basis of sound and sense

characteristic of major Italian poet Petrarch- octave rhyming, sestet rhyming 2 quatrain 6 lines abbaabbacdecde

the arrangement of similarly constructed clauses, sentence, or verse lines in a pairing or other suggesting some correspondence between them

a class of poems that tell stories as distinct from dramatic and lyric poetry

a situation, incident, idea, image, or character type that is found in many different literary works

a feeling, emotional state or dis-position of mind and also the atmosphere or tone

a verse line consisting of one foot

any fairly short poem

an english verse form from consisting of 5 anapestic lines rhyming aabba

a poetic device which two or more words rhyme within the same lines of verse

5 iambs U / U / U / U / U /

U / unstressed stressed

a metrical verse line of 6 feet

a metrical verse line composed of 7 feet

a form of Jap lyric verse that has a single impression of a natural object or scene

a kind of poetry that doesn't conform to any regular meter

metaphor that continues through-out the literary work

poetry that employs dramatic form of some element of dramatic technique

a line verse consisting of 2 feet

the choice of words used in a literary work

a words straight-forward dictionary meaning

/ U U stressed unstressed unstressed

a pair of rhyming verse lines, usually of the same- length widely used in European poetry

the range of further associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its straight forward dictionary meaning

a kind of picture made out of printed type regarded in 50's and 60's, when it was an international vogue, as an experimental form of poetry

an unusually or far-fetched metaphor or simile presenting a surprisingly apt parallel between 2 apparently dissimilar things or feelings

a verse stanza of 5 lines

a folk song or orally transmitted poem telling in a direct and dramatic manner

an indirect or passing reference to some event, person, or place the relevance is not relied on other structure

U U / unstressed unstressed stressed

the misplacing of any person, thing, custom, or event outside its proper historical time

the emphasis placed upon a syllable in pronunciation

visual imagery

tactile imagery

auditory imagery

gustatory imagery

olfactory imagery

a blending or confusion of different kinds of sense- impression, in which one type of sensation is referred in terms more appropriate to another. colors being "loud" or "warm" or "smooth" referring to sound

the repetition of the same sounds- usually initials or constants of stressed syllables- in any sequence of neighboring words

the use of words that seem to imitate the sounds that they refer to. (whack,fizz, crackle, hiss) or any combination of words in which the sounds gives the impression of echoing the sense

b, d hard g. hard k, p, t. (example pound; black bug)

all other consonants w, n, y- because the sound continues

words having to do with religion. examples: holy, Jesus, trinity

words pertaining to love, anger, sadness, gloom, happiness, etc.

action verbs( such as run, chew, and dance)

"adverbial stage directions."

a rhetorical figure of repition in which the same word is repeated in the beggining of a line

old timey words such as tis, thy, and to anf fro

a statement or expression so suprisingly self-contradictory as to provoke us into seeking another sense or context in which it would be true (although some cannot be resolved into truths, remaining self-contradictory.(Example: Everything I say is a lie)

a contrast or oppisotion, either rhetorical or philosophical

a subtly humerous perception of inconsistincy, in which apparently straight forward statement or event is undeterminded by its context as to give it a very different significance.

openess to different intpertations or an instance in which some use of language may be understood in diverse ways

a french phrase for 'double meaning' adopted in english to denote a pun in which a word or phrase has a second, usually sexual meaning

understatement;. opposite of hyberbole

an explicit comparsion between two different things, actions, or feelings using the words "like" or "as"

a figure of speech by which animals, abstract ideas, or inanimate objects are referred to as humans.

a figure of speech that combines two usually contradictory terms in a compressed paradox; example: bittersweet, livingdeath

a common figure of speech by which something is referred to indirectly, either by naming only some part or constituent of it- or less often- by naming some more comprehensive entity of which it is a part.

the most important and widespread figure of speech, in which one thing, idea, or action is referred to by a word or expression normally denoting another idea, or action so as to suggest some common quality shared by the two.

a figure of speech that replaces the name of one thing with the name of something else closly associated with it

exaggeration for the sake of emphasis in a figure of speech not meant literally

a rhetorical figure in which the speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an abstraction or inanimate object.

a poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another

if perfect then draw a positive conclusion

if imperfect, then draw a negative conclusion--includes assonance and consonance

the repetion of identical or similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables ( and sometimes in the following unstressed syllables) of neighboring words

the repetion of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different

very flexible English verse form which can attain rhetorical grandeur while echoing the natural rhythms of speech and allowing smooth enjambment.

a kind of poetry that does not confirm to any regular meter; length of it's line are irregular, and is it use of rhyme if any

a trochee or spondee substituted for an iamb in the first two syllables

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the running over of the sense and grammatical structure from one verse lind or couplet to the next without a punucational pause

brought to a pause at which the end of a verse line, coincides with the completion of a sentence, clause, or other independent unit

a pause in a line of verse, often coinciding with a break between clauses or sentences. usually placed in the middle of the line, but may appear near the beginning or towards the end.

the reversal of the normally expected order of words: or, in, prosody the turning around of a metrical foot

noticable change in mood- "but" "yet" and "then"

way it appears on the page

-declarative -imperative -interogative -exclamatory

the way in which words and clauses are ordered and connected so as to form a sentence; or set of grammatical rules governing such word-order.

a form of verbal compression which consists of the omisison of connecting words(usually conjunctions) in between clauses

a rhetorical term for the repeated use of conjunctions to link together a sucession of words, clauses or sentences

the pattern of measured sounds units recurring more or less regularly in lines of verse

a word, phrase, or line that recurs in a poem

a major division in the action of a play, comprising one or more scenes.

a short speech or remark spoken by a character in drama, directed either to the audience or to another character, which by convention is supposed to be inaudible to the other characters on stage.

the interuption of a serious work, specially a tragedy, by a short humorous episode

the general term for performances in which actors impersonate the actions and speech of fictional or historical characters for the entertainment of an audience, either on stage or by means of a broadcast; or a particular example of this art.

a sense of detached superiority is achieved, in which the audience knows more about a character's situation than the character does, forseeing an outcome contrary to the character's expressions/expectations and thus ascribing a sharply different sense to some fo the character's own statements.

a character whose qualities or actions serve to emphasis those of the protagonist by providing a strong contrast with the.

a rhymed pair of iambic pentameter lines

a confused, comically inaccurate use of a long word or words

an extended speech uttered by on speaker, either to others or as if alone.

An introductory section of a play, speech, or other literary work; this term is also sometimes applied to the performer who makes an introductory speech in a play.

In a dram, a subdivision of an act or of a play not divided into acts, normally representing actions happening in one place at one time, and is marked off from the next scene by a curtain, a black-out, or a brief emptying of the stage.

a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking aloud while along on stage(or while under the impression of being alone)

a form of dramatic dialogue in which tow disputing characters answer each other rapidly in alternating single lines, wiht one character's replies balancing(and often partically repeating) the other's utterances.

a serious play (or, by extension, a novel) representing the disastrous downfall of a central character, the protagonist

involves a discrepancy between what is said and what is really meant, as in its crude form, sarcasm; for the figures of speech exploiting this discrepancy

a statement of some general principle, expressed memorably by condensing much wisdom into few words

the representatives of persons in narrative and dramatic works, this may include direct methods like the attributions of qualities in description or commentary, and indirect methods.

any moment of great intensity in a literary work, especially in drama

a decisive point in the plot of a play or story, upon which the outcome of the remaining action depends, and which utlimately precipitate the catastrophe or denouement.

the setting forth of a systematic explanation of our argument about an subject; or the opening part of a play or story, when introduced to characters and their situation.

or analepsis, a form of anachrony by which some of the events of a story are related at a point in the narrative after later story- events have already been recounted.

a critical term with a confusing variety of meanings; can refer to a genre, or to an established pattern of poetic devices or more abstractly , to the structure of unifying principles of design in a given work.

the pattern of events and situations in a narrative or dramatic work, as selected and arranged both to emphasize cause and effect between incidents and to elicit a particular kind o finterest in the reader or audience, such as suprise or suspect.

the position or vantage-point from which the events of a story seem to be observed and presented to us

any specific way of using language, which is characteristic of an author, school, period, or genre

anything that stands for or represents something else beyond it- usually an idea conventionally associated with it.

a salient abstract idea that emerges form a literary work's treatment of its subject matter, or a topic recurring in a number of literary works.

the semblance of truth or reality in literary principle that requires a consistent illusion of truth to life.

a metrical foot made up of two unstresssed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

a pair of rhyming verse lines, usually of the same length; one of the most widely used verse forms in European poetry

a critical term with a confusing variety of meanings ; can refer to a genre, or to an established pattern of poetic devices, or to the structure r unifying prinicple of design in a given work.

comprises three quatrains and a final couplet, rhyming ababcdcdefefgg

a lyric poem comprising fourteen rhyming lines of eqaul lenghts

a metrical unit foot consisting of two stressed syllables

a group of verse lines froming a section of a poem and sharing the same structure as all or some of the other sections of the same poem.

a verse line of four feet; line of four stressed,usually iambic or trochaic

a very vague critical term usually designating the mood or atmosphere of a work, although in some more restricted uses it refers to the author's attitude to the reader or to the subject-matter

a verse line of three feet; line of three stresses

a metrical unit (foot) of verse, having one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable / u

an adjective or adjectival phrase used to define a chacterisitc quality or attribute of some person or thing

the latin phrase meaning "intothe middle of things"

the pattern of measured sound units recurring more or less regularly in lines of verse

9 feet

the identity of sound between syllables or paired groups of syllables, usually at the end of verse lines;

an explicit comparsion between tow different thins, actions, or feelings, using the word 'as' or 'like

understatement

a contrast or opposition, either rhetorical or philosphical

the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables (and sometimes in the following unstressed syllables) of neighboring words

diction is what color?

language is what color?

imagery is what color?

structure is what color?

At the beginning of the story, the mother believes that she does not

What is true cause for the family's financial problem?

Which character first teaches Paul about horse racing?

What horse first wins money for the uncle?

What happened the first time the boy asks Bassett to place a bet?

Paul's motivation for seeking luck in the story is

Initially, how much money is the mother supposed to get on each birthday for five years?

When Paul's mother receives the money, Paul is

Why doesn't Paul want to go to the seaside?

What is the one secret he guards from everyone?

What is the boy doing when the mother comes home from the party just before the big race?

What happens at the horse race at the end of the story?

In "The Rocking Horse Winner" the point of view of the narrator is

True or False. The mother blames herself for the family's bad luck.

True or False. Although the family needs money, Paul's mother doesn't have a job.

v -- , make someone do something, to force or strongly persuade; coerce