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25 Cards in this Set
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Which is not something Aristotle says he will address in the Poetics?
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The revision process for poetry
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What does Aristotle mean by imitation?
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Mimicry of sound
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Which is included in the definition of poetry?
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Tragedy, Music and Comedy
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Which is included in poetry's imitation?
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Harmony, language, rhythm
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What does 'dramitas' mean?
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Drama of action
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Tragedy presents men...
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Better than they are
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Comedy presents men...
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Worse than they are
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Epic presents men...
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Better than they are
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According to Aristotle, Homer tends to present men...
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Better than they are
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Which is not a form of imitative narration?
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second-person narrator ('You')
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What is one of the reasons poetry emerged?
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Man's extict for imitation
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What does poetry tend to imitate, according to Aristotle?
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Noble men and "bad" men
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What genre began with the imitation of 'meaner men'?
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Comedy
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Which genre was at first not taken seriously?
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Comedy
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Fill in the blank: All the elements of [x] are found in tragedy, but not all the elements of [x] are found in [x]
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Epic
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Which is not a component of tragedy?
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Narrative form
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What by definition is serious, complete, and of a significant magnitude?
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Tragedy
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What comprises the arrangement of incidents that result from character and thought giving way to action?
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Plot
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Complication and denouement are two elements of...
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Plot
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What does Aristotle mean by dictoin?
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Rhythmic language
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According to Aristotle, what is the most important element of tragedy?
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Plot
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What is the least important element of a tragedy?
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Spectacle
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Tragedy relies on...
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Action
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What is the term for a purgation of pity and fear in the audience?
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Catharsis
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What is the term for the qualities ascribed to a certain men?
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Character
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