Vocab List #3

Question 1

Syntax

Answer 1

The ordering and structuring of words

Question 2

Dramatic irony

Answer 2

When the audience knows something that the characters in the drama do not

Question 3

Euphemism

Answer 3

A word or phrase that takes place of a harsh, unpleasant, impolite reality

Question 4

Foil

Answer 4

A secondary character whose purpose is to highlight the characteristics of the main character usually by contrast

Question 5

Free verse

Answer 5

Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme or metrical pattern

Question 6

Genre

Answer 6

A sub category of literature

Question 7

Hubris

Answer 7

Excessive pride or ambition that leads to the characters downfall

Question 8

Implicit

Answer 8

To say or write something that suggests and implies but never says it directly or clearly

Question 9

Lament

Answer 9

A poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over

Question 10

Inversion

Answer 10

Switching the customary order of elements in a sentence or a phrase