Language Flashcards
What is Antithesis?
Contrasting ideas in parallel structure.
Example: “Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall” – Angelo’s hypocrisy.
What is Double Entendre?
A word/phrase with two meanings.
Example: “sense” as morality/desire – Angelo’s temptation of Isabella.
What is Dramatic Irony?
When the audience knows more than the characters.
Example: Duke’s disguise as Friar Lodowick.
What is Hyperbole?
Exaggeration.
Example: Isabella’s “ten times worse than death” – chastity’s sanctity.
What is Irony (Verbal/Situational)?
Contrast between appearance and reality.
Example: Escalus calling Elbow “wise”.
What is Malapropism?
Comic word misuse.
Example: Elbow’s “benefactors” for “malefactors” – critiques corrupt justice.
What is Metaphor?
Implied comparison.
Example: “The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?” – Angelo’s moral ambiguity.
What is Paradox?
Seeming contradiction.
Example: “Condemn the fault, not the actor” – Duke’s flawed mercy.
What is Religious Imagery?
Biblical allusions.
Example: Isabella as “saint” vs. Angelo as “devil.”
What are Rhetorical Questions?
Persuasive interrogation.
Example: “Who will believe thee, Isabel?” – power dynamics.
