English Revision

Question 1

Hubris

Answer 1

Arrogant pride

Question 2

Antagonist

Answer 2

An opponent or enemy

Question 3

Tragic protagonist

Answer 3

The main characters in a tragic play

Question 4

Impetuous

Answer 4

Acting quickly or suddenly without thinking

Question 5

Dramatic irony

Answer 5

When the audience knows more than the characters on stage

Question 6

Volitile

Answer 6

A situation that changes suddenly or unexpectedly

Question 7

Monologue

Answer 7

A speech whereby an actor speaks to himself

Question 8

Extended metaphor

Answer 8

A metaphor that is extended in great detail

Question 9

Soliloquy

Answer 9

A long speech which is spoken by one person to others

Question 10

Unrequited love

Answer 10

Loving someone who doesn’t love you back

Question 11

Fate

Answer 11

The development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.

Question 12

Free Will

Answer 12

The power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one’s own discretion.

Question 13

Honour

Answer 13

High respect

Question 14

Society

Answer 14

The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

Question 15

Family

Answer 15

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Question 16

Patriarchy

Answer 16

A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line

Question 17

Primogeniture

Answer 17

The state of being the firstborn child

Question 18

Feud

Answer 18

A prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.

Question 19

Rhyme

Answer 19

The ends of words have the same sound. Usually at the ends of lines in poetry, but may be internal (within a line).

Question 20

Rhythm

Answer 20

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Question 21

Sibilance

Answer 21

A type of literary device and figure of speech wherein a hissing sound is created in a group of words through the repetition of ‘s’ sounds.

Question 22

Alliteration

Answer 22

Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words – usually close in succession.

Question 23

Assonance

Answer 23

Vowel sounds are repeated at the beginning or middle of nearby words.

Question 24

Sound clutters

Answer 24

A group of sounds is repeated throughout a sentence or a group of lines in a poem, not just at the beginnings of words.

Question 25

Onomatopoiea

Answer 25

A group of sounds is repeated throughout a sentence or a group of lines in a poem, not just at the beginnings of words.

Question 26

Bounteous

Answer 26

Generously given or giving