Unit 12 Flashcards

1
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Alexander Pope

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18th century English poet
The dying christian to his soul
Known for translation of lliad and Odyssey

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2
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John Donne

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Conceits

English poet and preacher

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3
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Fable

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Brief anecdote told in simple

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4
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Drama

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Poetry that uses actors to portray the story’s character, action, and dialogue

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5
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Soliloquy

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Monologue

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6
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Aside

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Comment made to the audience other characters can not hear

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7
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Action

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Movements and speech of characters

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8
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Protagonist

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Hero

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9
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Antagonist

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Opponent

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10
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Plot

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Arrangement of events

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11
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Dramatic structure

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5 act play - exposition, rising action, climax or crisis, falling action, catastrophe or denouement

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12
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Homer

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Death of hector
IIiad and odyssey
Return of Odysseus

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13
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Epigram

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Any brief poem, often used as an inscription for monuments

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14
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Elegy

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Short poem

Pairs of unrhymed lines

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15
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Lucian

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Greek rhetorician, satirist, poet

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16
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Callimachus

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Greek poet, scholar, critic

17
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Exposition

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Introduces characters

18
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Inciting force

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Interrupts a static situation w/ new character

19
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Auditorium

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Where audience sat

20
Q

Slene

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For changing costumes and scenery

21
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Parados

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Choral entry ode

22
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Satire

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Poetry that combines criticism with humor or ridicule

23
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Tragic flaw

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Weakness or defect helps bring his downfall

24
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Chorus

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Group of singers and dancers

25
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Sophocles

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Antigone

Greek dramatist

26
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Five episodes are divided by

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Strophe
Antistrophe
Epode

27
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Greek theater

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Auditorium
Orchestra
Skene

28
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Tragic hero

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Undergoes struggle which end disastrously

29
Q

Socrates

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Spent his life finding “what is the best way to live?”

30
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Plato

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The Republic
Socrates’ Death
Two images from the republic

31
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Aristotle

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Student of Plato