English IV Unit 3 PT

Question 1

consists of money and material goods given to a future husband from the future wife’s family

Answer 1

dowry

Question 2

daring and courage

Answer 2

gallantry

Question 3

one who supports a talented worker

Answer 3

patron

Question 4

a character that highlights another character by being the opposite

Answer 4

foil

Question 5

a feathered plume on top of military headgear; the vitality in manner or style

Answer 5

panache

Question 6

a joke that employs the multiple meanings or similar sounds of words

Answer 6

pun

Question 7

a lighthearted or funny episode that offsets serious events in a literary work, or humorous characters that provide the contrast

Answer 7

comic relief

Question 8

a repeated symbol in a literary work

Answer 8

motif

Question 9

a scheme intended to deceive someone

Answer 9

ruse

Question 10

one who demonstrates courage yet faces defeat

Answer 10

tragic hero

Question 11

referring to a well-known idea in art or literature

Answer 11

allusion

Question 12

similar character types who represent common patterns of human nature

Answer 12

archetypes

Question 13

using the same consonant in a sentence for a sound effect

Answer 13

alliteration

Question 14

a comparison of unlike objects using ‘like’ or ‘as’

Answer 14

simile

Question 15

a figure of speech that compares an aspect of two unlike objects

Answer 15

metaphor

Question 16

a lengthy speech of one character speaking to others on the stage

Answer 16

monologue

Question 17

a long speech unheard by other characters that reveals a character’s thoughts

Answer 17

soliloquy

Question 18

a short speech of a character made to the audience, to oneself, or to another character without others on stage hearing it

Answer 18

aside

Question 19

an exaggerated statement not to be taken literally

Answer 19

hyperbole

Question 20

giving human or animal characteristics to something inanimate (not alive)

Answer 20

personification

Question 21

presenting something as being of less value or less important than it actually is

Answer 21

understatement

Question 22

two opposite ideas joined together

Answer 22

oxymoron

Question 23

What does De Guiche offer to Cyrano?

Answer 23

to finance Cyrano’s play with a patron

Question 24

What is a discourse?

Answer 24

a long essay or discussion of a subject

Question 25

They fixed parts of the stage representing the setting are the __________.

Answer 25

scenery

Question 26

Who crosses enemy lines to send letters to Roxane?

Answer 26

Cyrano

Question 27

At the end of the play, where is Roxane staying?

Answer 27

the convent

Question 28

What does De Guiche warn Le Bret about at the convent?

Answer 28

an attempt against Cyrano’s life

Question 29

Cyrano’s nose is a motif of __________.

Answer 29

any hindrance to fulfillment

Question 30

Deceptive role-playing occurs today through __________.

Answer 30

social media