Периоды английской литературы. Карпова В.А - 10 стр.

cycle play, in both alliterative verse and accentual poem, England was ready for
a new flowering of native literary art.



                                     Word Study.

I.       Say the words in these pairs aloud, paying particular attention to where
         the strong stress lies.
           ′Europe - Euro′pean           i′maginative - imagi′nation
              ′legal - le′gality            con′tinue - continu′ation
          ′popular - popu′larity             ′politics - po′litical
            ′native - na′tivity                 ′satire - sa′tirical
              theme - the′matic               ′dialect - dia′lectal
            ′record - re′corded                ′accent - ac′centual
          ′miracle - mi′raculous        ′characterize - characte′ristic
         ′harmony - har′monious              ′syllable - syl′labic
           ′history - his′torical             ′signify - sig′nificant

II.      Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.

         survive -        a. take the place of by pushing out
           blend -        b. showing bravery, honour, generosity, and good
                             manners
         learned -        c. written down so that it will be known in the
                             future
        displace -        d. mix together thoroughly
        metrical -        e. a verse form consisting of fourteen syllables
                             arranged in iambic feet
            entry -       f. a type of literary composition, usually in verse,
                             in which two persons or objects debate some
                             specific topic and then refer it to a judge
        didactic -        g. having much knowledge as the result of study
                             and reading
           theme -        h. a piece of information written or included in a
                             list, a book, etc.
    recorded      -       i. written in the form of poetry, with regular beats
 renaissance      -       j. the subject of a talk, piece of writing
  fourteener      -       k. a short story in the form of a poem
       debat      -       l. a renewal of interest in some particular kind of
                             art, literature, etc.
          misery -        m. importance, power, or controlling influence
        chivalric -       n. intended to teach, esp. to teach a moral lesson
      dominance -         o. continue to live or exist, esp. after coming
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