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The character or idea against whom the hero or main character struggles (could be known as the bad guy)
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Antagonist
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Works of literature that are generally conceived to be the best or most famous
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Canon
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The character or idea against whom the hero or main character struggles (could be known as the bad guy)
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Antagonist
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The character or idea against whom the hero or main character struggles (could be known as the bad guy)
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Antagonist
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The character or idea against whom the hero or main character struggles (could be known as the bad guy)
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Antagonist
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The character or idea against whom the hero or main character struggles (could be known as the bad guy)
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Antagonist
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The character or idea against whom the hero or main character struggles (could be known as the bad guy)
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Antagonist
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The moment in a narrative when the crisis or conflict reaches its greatest intensity
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Climax
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Works of literature that are generally conceived to be the best or most famous
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Canon
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Works of literature that are generally conceived to be the best or most famous
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Canon
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Works of literature that are generally conceived to be the best or most famous
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Canon
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Hints or foreshadowing hints or suggestions of what will occur later in the story
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Foreshadowing
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Works of literature that are generally conceived to be the best or most famous
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Canon
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An image is anything that conjures an impression based on any of the five senses
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Imagery
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Works of literature that are generally conceived to be the best or most famous
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Canon
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When does verbal irony occur?
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When what is said and what is meant is dramatically different
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The moment in a narrative when the crisis or conflict reaches its greatest intensity
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Climax
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The moment in a narrative when the crisis or conflict reaches its greatest intensity
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Climax
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The moment in a narrative when the crisis or conflict reaches its greatest intensity
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Climax
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The moment in a narrative when the crisis or conflict reaches its greatest intensity
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Climax
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The moment in a narrative when the crisis or conflict reaches its greatest intensity
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Climax
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Hints or foreshadowing hints or suggestions of what will occur later in the story
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Foreshadowing
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When does dramatic irony occur?
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When the reader or audience knows something that a character does not know but will ultimately discover
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Hints or foreshadowing hints or suggestions of what will occur later in the story
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Foreshadowing
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Hints or foreshadowing hints or suggestions of what will occur later in the story
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Foreshadowing
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Hints or foreshadowing hints or suggestions of what will occur later in the story
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Foreshadowing
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Hints or foreshadowing hints or suggestions of what will occur later in the story
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Foreshadowing
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An image is anything that conjures an impression based on any of the five senses
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Imagery
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A comparison that implicity states one thing is another (example: her eyes were two big diamonds)
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Metaphor
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An image is anything that conjures an impression based on any of the five senses
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Imagery
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An image is anything that conjures an impression based on any of the five senses
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Imagery
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An image is anything that conjures an impression based on any of the five senses
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Imagery
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When does verbal irony occur?
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When what is said and what is meant is dramatically different
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When does verbal irony occur?
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When what is said and what is meant is dramatically different
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The recognizable pattern of rhythm within in a line of poetry. Marked by the number of stressed syllables followed by the number of unstressed syllables
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Meter
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When does verbal irony occur?
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When what is said and what is meant is dramatically different
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When does verbal irony occur?
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When what is said and what is meant is dramatically different
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When does dramatic irony occur?
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When the reader or audience knows something that a character does not know but will ultimately discover
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When does dramatic irony occur?
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When the reader or audience knows something that a character does not know but will ultimately discover
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The sequence and interaction of events in a narrative, usually building to a climax and then to a resolution
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Plot
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An image is anything that conjures an impression based on any of the five senses
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Imagery
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When does dramatic irony occur?
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When the reader or audience knows something that a character does not know but will ultimately discover
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When does dramatic irony occur?
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When the reader or audience knows something that a character does not know but will ultimately discover
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A comparison that implicity states one thing is another (example: her eyes were two big diamonds)
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Metaphor
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When does verbal irony occur?
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When what is said and what is meant is dramatically different
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A comparison that implicity states one thing is another (example: her eyes were two big diamonds)
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Metaphor
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A comparison that implicity states one thing is another (example: her eyes were two big diamonds)
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Metaphor
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A comparison that implicity states one thing is another (example: her eyes were two big diamonds)
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Metaphor
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The recognizable pattern of rhythm within in a line of poetry. Marked by the number of stressed syllables followed by the number of unstressed syllables
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Meter
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The recognizable pattern of rhythm within in a line of poetry. Marked by the number of stressed syllables followed by the number of unstressed syllables
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Meter
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When does dramatic irony occur?
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When the reader or audience knows something that a character does not know but will ultimately discover
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The recognizable pattern of rhythm within in a line of poetry. Marked by the number of stressed syllables followed by the number of unstressed syllables
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Meter
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The recognizable pattern of rhythm within in a line of poetry. Marked by the number of stressed syllables followed by the number of unstressed syllables
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Meter
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A comparison that implicity states one thing is another (example: her eyes were two big diamonds)
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Metaphor
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The sequence and interaction of events in a narrative, usually building to a climax and then to a resolution
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Plot
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The sequence and interaction of events in a narrative, usually building to a climax and then to a resolution
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Plot
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The sequence and interaction of events in a narrative, usually building to a climax and then to a resolution
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Plot
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The sequence and interaction of events in a narrative, usually building to a climax and then to a resolution
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Plot
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The recognizable pattern of rhythm within in a line of poetry. Marked by the number of stressed syllables followed by the number of unstressed syllables
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Meter
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The sequence and interaction of events in a narrative, usually building to a climax and then to a resolution
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Plot
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The "voice" of a poem, sometimes clearly defined, but often it's not
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Poetic speaker
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The main character in a work who is at the center of the conflict and is often the hero
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Protagonist
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A comparison (like a metaphor) but uses the words (example: her eyes were as big as diamonds)
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Simile
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Who as the composer of the 2 greatest epics (The iliad and the odyssey)
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Homer
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In which of Homer epics:
-narrates the last year of the Trojan war -the climax of the narrative is Achilles seeking revenge against Hector (he killed his friend and lover Patroclus) |
The Iliad
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A group of actors involved in Greek plays who interacted with the audience and the characters
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The chorus
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He was the greatest Greek dramatist and his 3 greatest Theban plays were: Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus, and Oedipus Rex
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Sophocles
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What theban play written by Sophocles is about a boy that was abandoned by his parents because the phophesy was that he would kill his father. The boy grows up, doesn't recognize his father, kills him, and marries his mother. His mother kills herself and the boy blinds himself and goes into exile
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Oedipus Rex
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He was the most famous Greek comic playwrights
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Aristophanes
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Which one of Homer's epics narrates the story of Odysseus as he travels home after the Trojan war, on his journey he encounters several circumstances
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The Odyssey
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