| Term | Definition |
|---|
| meter | a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry |
| scanning | the analysis of a poem to determine its meter |
| typology | doctrine or study of symbols and types, especially those of the scripture |
| inversion | a literary technique in which the words of a sentence or phrase are out of our normal english syntax (or word order) |
| allusion | a reference to someone that is known from history, literature, religion |
| allegory | a story or poem in which chararcters, settings, or events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas |
| unregenerate | not sinfully renewed or reformed not repentant |
| trochaic | accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable. example: TAxi |
| lambic | a metrical foot in poetry that has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
| dactylic | metrical foot of 3 syllables first syllable is stressed and the next two are unstressed |
| anapestic | a metrical foot thatt has two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed |
| spondaic | a metrical foot of 2 syllables in which both syllables are stressed |
| phirric | a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables |
| the elect | the people who were saved were known as ... |
| puritan | braod term for protestant groups. about 1560 people sought to purify the anglican church. they wanted simpler forms of worship and structure that was similar to the new testament church |
| pilgrim | one who makes a journey to a holy place |
| covenant of works | the promise that god made to adam that as long as adam obeyed god's commandments he was immortal and could live in the garden of eden forever. when adam broke the covenant, bringing knowledge of good and evil, sin and death into the world. |
| covenant of grace | a binding agreement that christ made with all who believed in him that promised eternal blessing |
| doctrine of the elect | the theory that god had determined who was saved and who was damned before their births. the elect were those pre-chosen by god for salvation |
| plain style | a way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression. immitated the style of the geneva bible, published in 1560....characteristics: simple sentences, everyday lang., no simmilies or metaphors |
| tone | the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character |
| metaphor | one thing concieved as representing another |
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