Vocab

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

A division within a play, much like chapters of a novel

Question 2

Aside

Answer 2

Lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience

Question 3

Cast of characters

Answer 3

A list of characters presented before the action begins

Question 4

Comedy

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A humorous work of drama

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Dialogue

Answer 5

Conversation between two or more characters

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Drama

Answer 6

A work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience

Question 7

Dramatic irony

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When the audience or reader knows somewhat that the characters in the story do not know

Question 8

Foil

Answer 8

A character who is nearly opposite of another character; the purpose of a foil (or character foil) is to stark contrast between two characters, often the protagonist and antagonist

Question 9

Iambic pentameter

Answer 9

A line of poetry that contains 5 iambs of two syllables each

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Monologue

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A long speech spoken by a character to himself, another character, or to the audience

Question 11

Scene

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A division of an act into smaller parts

Question 12

Soliloquy

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Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone

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Stage directions

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Italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information

Question 14

Tragedy

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A serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because if his own actions

Question 15

Tragic hero

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A protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually lead to his demise

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Pun

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a play on words with similar sounds but more than one spelling or meaning

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Foreshadowing

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Refers to hints in the text about what will occur later in the plot

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Simile

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A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Question 19

Conflict

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Is what creates tension and drama in literature

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External conflict

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A struggle between humans and an outside force such as nature or another individual

Question 21

Internal conflict

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Refers to a mental struggle within the individual

Question 22

Characterization

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Technique by which authors develop characters

Question 23

Direct characterization

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When the author or narrator tells the reader what the character is like

Question 24

Indirect characterization

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When the author gives information about a character and allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions about that character

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Motivation

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Is what drives a character to do what they do

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Rhetoric

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Is the art of persuasive speech or writing

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Logos

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Appealing to an audience’s sense of reason or logic

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Pathos

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Appealing to the audiences emotions

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Ethos

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The overall appeal of the speaker or writer has to say; whether or not they are a likable person with good morals

Question 30

Alliteration

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Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words

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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

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Antithesis

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Opposition or juxtaposition of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction

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Aporia

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Questioning oneself (or rhetorically asking the audience), often pretending to be in doubt

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Metaphor

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A comparison made between two unlike things

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Simile

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A comparison made between two unlike objects using like or as

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Personification

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Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human objects

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Imagery

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Using words to appear to the senses: sight, touch, taste, hearing, or smell

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition of a word

Question 39

Connotation

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Feeling or emotional attachment to the word

Question 40

Theme

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The central idea in a work of literature