10.6 quiz Flashcards
comedy that ridicules the manner(way of life, social customs) of a certain segment of society
Comedy of Manners
play with a happy ending. do not always contain humor. a tragedy is the opposite.
Comedy
poetry with lines arranged to resemble a familiar object
Concrete Poetry
The struggle in a work of literature. may be between a person and another person a person and thing or a person and himself
Conflict
philosophical novel or story
Conte Philosophique
funeral song
Coronach
boots worn by actors in Ancient Greece to increase height
Cothurni
two successive lines of poetry with end rhyme
couplet
startling development in a drama that is unforeseen and unmotivated; a cheap plot development intended solely to create a sensation
coup de théâtre
two successive end-rhyming lines iambic pentameter ex: what fire offense from am’rous causes springs,what mighty contests rise from trivial things
couplet, Heroic
resolution of the plot occurring after climax. In a murder mystery it would be the clues that led to the capture of the killer
Denouement
Character 2nd in importance to the main chapter or protagonist.
Deuteragonist
convo in a play, short story, or novel. literary work on a single topic presented in the form of a conversation. ex: played republic, symposium, phaedo
Dialogue
word choice; quality of the sound of a speaker or singer
Diction
adjective describing a literary work intended to teach a lesson or a moral principle.
Didactic