English Vocab

Question 1

Tragedy (Greek)

Answer 1

Genre of drama and mostly includes human suffering

Question 2

Tragic Protagonists

Answer 2

A Tragic Protagonist (or “Tragic Hero”) is the main role in a tragedy.

Question 3

Antagonist

Answer 3

An Antagonist is opposing the Protagonist. They’re usually enemies and villains of the story.

Question 4

Extended Metaphor

Answer 4

An Extended Metaphor is a metaphor that can be continued through lines, paragraphs, or even a whole story.

Question 5

Soliloquy

Answer 5

A Soliloquy is when a character talks to themselves, without anyone hearing.

Question 6

(An) Aside

Answer 6

An Aside is when a character talks to someone else in the scene, without the other people hearing even though in real life they probably would.

Question 7

Hubris

Answer 7

Technically it means Lots of self-confidence. In Greeks Tragedies, it is when someone resists and questions the Gods, leading to punishment.

Question 8

Hamartia

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Associated with Greek Tragedies, it is a fatal flaw of the main character and also their weakness.

Question 9

Catharsis

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It’s when someone does something to releive themselves and to cleanse them.

Question 10

Dramatic Irony

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Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something that the character doesn’t.

Question 11

Monolougue

Answer 11

A Monolougue is one person doing a speech by themselves.

Question 12

Unrequited Love

Answer 12

Unrequited Love is when one person loves another but the other one doesn’t love them back.

Question 13

Courtly Love

Answer 13

Courtly love was a western medieval idea about knights doing something heroic to make a princess fall in love with him and get married.

Question 14

Volatile

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Volatile is when there is a sudden and unexpected change in situation.

Question 15

(Being) Emotional

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Being Emotional is when someone expresses their opinions and expressions about something.

Question 16

(Being) Impetuous

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Being Impetuous is when someone makes a decision quickly and without much care.

Question 17

Machismo

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Machismo is strong male pride. Lots of aggresion.

Question 18

Antithesis

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Antithesis is when someone or something is the opposite of someone else or something else.

Question 19

Iambic Pentameter

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Iambic Pentameter is a style of poetry. Each line is 10 syllables, with every 2 having more emphasis than the one before Example: a heartbeat. da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM.

Question 20

Sonnet

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A Sonnet is a 14 line poem written in Iambic Pentameter.

Question 21

Shared Lines

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Shared lines is when 2 or more people says Iambic Pentameter verse(s) between them.

Question 22

Rhyming couplets

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A Couplet is a pair of lines in a verse. A Rhyming couplet is one that rhymes, using the same rhyming pattern over again.

Question 23

Protagonist

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A Protagonist is the hero, heroine or main character of a story.

Question 24

Prose

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Prose is normal talking without rhyming.

Question 25

Verse

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Verse is talking with rhythm and possibly rhyming.

Question 26

Fate

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Fate is something happening to them that they cant change and aren't in control of.

Question 27

Free Will

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Free Will is when someon gets to have their own choices in life.

Question 28

Honour

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Honour is how high someone is reagarded or respected.

Question 29

Society

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Society is the way our species is orginased and managed.

Question 30

Patriarchy

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A Patriarchy is a male-dominated society.

Question 31

Primogeniture

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Primogeniture is the way ancient kings would pass on the crown. It was to the firstborn male child.

Question 32

Feud

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A Feud is an argument or debate.

Question 33

Reputation

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The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.

Question 34

Mercurial

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Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

Question 35

Anarchic

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Unruly and chaotic.

Question 36

Impulsive

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Someone who acts on a whim, without thinking.

Question 37

Tempestuous

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Someone who is unpredictable and has many conflicting emotions.

Question 38

Liberal

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Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.

Question 39

Social Class

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Social class, also called class, a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status.

Question 40

Comtemporary

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Living or occurring at the same time.

Question 41

Quixotic

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Extremely idealistic: unrealistic and impractical.

Question 42

Melancholic

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A feeling of sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

Question 43

Masculinity

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Qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of men.

Question 44

Challenging Conventions

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Going against what is perceived as the norm.

Question 45

Ingenuous

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(Of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting.