Collection 4

Question 1

Figurative Language: creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract ideas

Answer 1

Example: Simile, metaphor, hyperbole

Question 2

Fortune’s Fool: bring the idea of fate and destiny back into the audience’s mind.

Answer 2

Example: Romeo, defending himself against Tybalt

Question 3

Tragic Hero: a character in a dramatic tragedy who has virtuous and sympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat

Answer 3

Example: Aristotle’s Characteristics of a Tragic Hero. Aristotle was famous for classifying the characteristics of a classic tragic hero.

Question 4

Foil: prevent from succeeding

Answer 4

Example: John sabotaged Aaron’s baseball glove before districts.

Question 5

Pun: a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

Answer 5

Example: The duck said to the waiter, put it on my bill

Question 6

Dramatic Irony: the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.