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15 Cards in this Set
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treatise
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written work specifically about a subject
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aristotelian tragedy
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1. concentrated single action
2. plot a.peripiteia (reversal) b. recognition c. scene of suffering 3. Catharsis (purging 4. Tragic Hero a. noblility b. hamartia (tragic flaw) |
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iambic pentameter
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5 lines of unstressed stressed (heLLO)
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the globe
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theatre where shakespearean plays were performed...open air
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metaphor
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comparing 2 different things without like or as
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simile
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comparing 2 different things with like or as
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aside
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2 people on stage talking with others on stage that can't hear
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monologue
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i 1 person talking alone with others on stage that cant hear
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soliloquy
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one person alone on stage talking
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satire
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a work that ridicules a known subject (lit, or history)
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incongruity
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presents things that are out of place
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exaggeration
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altering of something beyond normal
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paradox
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a sound statement that ends up being nonsensical
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allussion
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a reference to something in the past
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naive narrator
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sees thing differently than they really are because immature AND can't be trusted b/c so gullible
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