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english unit 3 Flashcards

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1
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William Shakespeare

A

The Playwright who wrote Twelfth Night.

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2
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Queen Elizabeth I

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The Queen on the throne when Twelfth Night was written

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3
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Twelfth Night

A

The holiday on January 6th was the last night of the Christmas celebration and
celebrated as a festival when everything was turned upside down.

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4
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Metaphor

A

A comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in
common.

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5
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Simile

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A comparison using “like” or “as”

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6
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Personification

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Giving human qualities to inanimate (non-living) objects.

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7
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Hyperbole

A

Deliberate/outrageous exaggeration.

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8
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Blank verse

A

Writing that has a rhythmic structure but doesn’t rhyme.

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9
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Rhymed verse

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Writing that has a rhythmic structure and uses rhyme.

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10
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Prose

A

Writing without a rhythmic structure.

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11
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A shipwrecked girl who disguises herself as a man - Cesario

A

Viola

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12
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Viola’s twin brother who thinks she’s dead.

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Sebastian

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13
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The Duke of Illyria who is in love with Olivia.

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Orsino

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14
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She is a rich countess who is mourning but falls in love with Cesario

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Olivia

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15
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Olivia’s maid who likes Sir Toby

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Maria

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16
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Olivia’s uncle who is always drunk.

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Sir Toby Belch

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17
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A drunk who hopes to marry Olivia.

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Sir Andrew Aguecheek

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18
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Olivia’s fool and clown.

A

Feste

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19
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Olivia’s chief servant who secretly likes her.

A

Malvolio

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20
Q

Rescues Sebastian after the shipwreck.

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Antonio

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21
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Sight, smell, hearing,

taste, and touch

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The five senses.

22
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Imagery

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The use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses

23
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Onomatopoeia

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The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.

24
Q

Iamb

A

A metrical foot consisting of two syllables.

25
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Iambic pentameter

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A line of verse with 5 pairs of stressed and unstressed beats.

26
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Melodramatic

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Exaggerated and emotional or sentimental.

27
Q

Contemptuous

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Expressing disapproval or disrespect.

28
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Puritans

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A religious group who opposed the theatre and other forms of

entertainment.

29
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Puritanical

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Having a strict moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex.

30
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Puritanically

A

Elizabethan audiences would have been deeply unsympathetic to anyone
behaving in this way.

31
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Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

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Pompous

32
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Love that is not returned.

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Unrequited

33
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Irritate intensely.

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Exasperate

34
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Pretend to be someone you are not. Put on a false show

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Masquerade

35
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Try to gain the love of someone.

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Woo

36
Q

Passionate expression of grief or sorrow

A

Lament

37
Q

To hate someone or something.

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Loathe

38
Q

A state of disturbance, confusion or uncertainty.

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Turmoil

39
Q

Noisy partying.

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Revelry

40
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A difficult or embarrassing situation

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Predicament

41
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Mayhem

A

Complete disorder and confusion. Chaos.

42
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Ignominy

A

Public shame or disgrace

43
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Soliloquy

A

A speech where a character speaks his thoughts out loud so that only the
audience can hear them.

44
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Trepidation

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A feeling of alarm or anxiety about something about to happen

45
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Concealment

A

A way or place of hiding.

46
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Women were not allowed

to work.

A

The reason Viola from ‘Twelfth Night’ had to pretend to be a man.

47
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Duel

A

An arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched
weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon rules.

48
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Affray

A

A fight in a public place.

49
Q

Elation

A

A feeling of great joy or pride.

50
Q

Opportunist

A

A person who adapts their behaviour to take advantage of the situation.

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