dramatic terms

Question 1

catharsis

Answer 1

reaction from audience at end of tragedy

pity and fear

Question 2

peripeteia

Answer 2

unexpected change for protagonist

Question 3

anagnorisis

Answer 3

realisation from protagonist of ones own true nature or others true identity

leading to downfall

Question 4

hamartia

Answer 4

protagonists error leading to downfall

Question 5

hubris

Answer 5

arrogance

Question 6

kinesics

Answer 6

non verbal body movements communication

Question 7

proxemics

Answer 7

spatial relationship between characters on stage

Question 8

blank verse

Answer 8

non rhyming verse in iambic pentameter

each line begins with a capital letter

Question 9

antagonist

Answer 9

character who is in opposition with the protagonist

Question 10

soliloquy

Answer 10

speech to the audience which reveals characters truths

Question 11

exposition

Answer 11

background information before the start of the plot

Question 12

hypermetric line

Answer 12

extra syllables in a line of verse

Question 13

dramatic irony

Answer 13

when the audience knows something the characters don’t

Question 14

anaphora

Answer 14

word or phrase repeated at the beginning of successive phrases

there will be ….
there will be …..

Question 15

epiphora

Answer 15

where a word or phrase is repeated at the end of successive phrases

Question 16

climax

Answer 16

conflict or tension reaches the highest point

Question 17

malcontent

Answer 17

character who is discontented and goes against the establishment

eg Bosola , Edmund

Question 18

motif

Answer 18

reoccurring images words ideas

Question 19

pathos

Answer 19

feelings of pity and sorrow

Question 20

register

Answer 20

how informal to formal a characters speech is

Question 21

declarative

Answer 21

statement

Question 22

imperative

Answer 22

command

Question 23

interrogative

Answer 23

question

Question 24

exclamative

Answer 24

exclamation

Question 25

interjection

Answer 25

word used to express sudden emotion

Question 26

unmitigated

Answer 26

abrupt, direct

Question 27

mitigated

Answer 27

softened, talking around the subject

Question 28

catastrophe

Answer 28

death of protagonist

Question 29

inciting incident

Answer 29

incident that introduces the conflict in a tragedy

Question 30

denouement

Answer 30

the outcome or resolution of the play

Question 31

semantic field

Answer 31

words that are connected by subject

Question 32

shared lines

Answer 32

line of iambic pentameter is shared between characters

showing harmony or conflict

Question 33

half line

Answer 33

a line of iambic pentameter ends early, leaving silence in the meter

Question 34

figurative language

Answer 34

language which goes beyond the literal meaning

metaphor simile personification hyperbole

Question 35

pathetic fallacy

Answer 35

giving human qualities to nature

Question 36

prolepsis

Answer 36

referring to future plot

Question 37

analepsis

Answer 37

referring to the past plot

Question 38

foreshadowing

Answer 38

hinting at events to come

Question 39

binary opposition

Answer 39

understanding one idea is direct opposite to another

Question 40

bathos

Answer 40

quick change to mundane or trivial language

Question 41

unities

Answer 41

3 principles for tragedy

unity of time
unity of place
unity of action

Question 42

syntax

Answer 42

the arrangement of words in a sentence

Question 43

zenith

Answer 43

climax significant point in tragedy

Question 44

nadir

Answer 44

lowest most unsuccessful point in tragedy