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41 Cards in this Set
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Catharsis
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A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially
pity and fear |
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Chorus
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The group in a classical Greek drama whose songs and dances present
an exposition of or, in later tradition, a disengaged commentary on the action. |
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Episode
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An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger
sequence |
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Stasimon
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a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of
dialogue |
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Hamartia
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Tragic flaw
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Hamartia
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Tragic flaw
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Peripetia
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A sudden change of events or reversal of circumstances,
especially in a literary work |
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Anagnorisis
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recognition
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Hubris
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arrogance
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In medias res
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In the middle of a sequence of events
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Epithet
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A term used to characterize a person or thing
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Xenia
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hospitality
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Epic poetry
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An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language,
celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero |
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Allusion
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indirect reference
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Aside
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A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not
heard by the other actors on stage |
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Blank verse
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Verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic
pentameter |
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Denotation
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The most specific or direct meaning of a word
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Couplet
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A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming
and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit |
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Foreshadowing
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To present an indication or a suggestion of beforehand
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Imagery
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The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects,
actions, or ideas |
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Metaphor
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Comparison that is not using the words like or as
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Mood
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A state of mind or emotion
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Tone
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Manner of expression
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Tragedy
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A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to
ruin or suffers extreme sorrow |
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Oxymoron
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combination of 2 opposite words in a phrase (jumbo shrimp)
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Oxymoron
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combination of 2 opposite words in a phrase (jumbo shrimp)
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Pun
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play on words
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Rhythm
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The patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements
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Simile
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Comparison using like or as
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Soliloquy
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A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character
talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener |
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Symbol
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Something that represents something else
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Theme
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An implicit or recurrent idea; a motif
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Personification
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giving an inanimate object human characteristics
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or
effect (This book weighs a ton) |
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Motif
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A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work
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Exposition
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The part of a play that provides the background information
needed to understand the characters and the action |
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Climax
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point of greatest intensity or force
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Conflict
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disharmony
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Iambic pentameter
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Consists of one short syllable followed by one long
syllable |
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Hero (tragic vs. epic)
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A person noted for special achievement
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Connotation
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A defintion of a word other than its dictionary defintion
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