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Question 1

Silva

Answer 1

Silva meter, combines verses of seven and eleven syllables

Question 2

Anagnórisis

Answer 2

Anagnorisis, moment at which a character makes an important discovery or understands something about himself, human nature, or his situation

Question 3

Catarsis

Answer 3

Catharsis, feeling of purification or liberation prompted by some experience

Question 4

Falla trágica

Answer 4

Tragic flaw, fatal error of the protagonist in a work that causes an irreparable harm

Question 5

Pathos

Answer 5

In a Greek tragedy, the affection that inclines the audience towards the tragic character

Question 6

Tres unidades

Answer 6

Theatrical rule that there is only one principal action, that the action does not last more than one day, and that all of the action takes place in the same place

Question 7

Cacofonía

Answer 7

Cacophony, use of words that combine unpleasant sounds

Question 8

Sinestesia

Answer 8

Synthesthesia, description of a sensation or image by means of sensations perceived by the five senses

Question 9

Conceptismo

Answer 9

Conceptism, literary movement associated with the Spanish baroque period that is characterized by the use of word play, paradoxes, acuteness of thoughts, and concision in expression

Question 10

Culteranismo

Answer 10

Gongorism, Spanish literary style from the end of the 16th century and the 17th century, characterized by the excessive wealth of surprising metaphors, the exaggerated use of jargon, and syntactic complexity