Vocabulary
Plot
What is the sequence of connected events in a story, showing cause and effect
Characterization revealed by the author, directly describing traits of a character.
What is direct characterization the author directly describes traits of a character.
An element of drama that includes instructions about movement or emotion
What is stage directions
The purpose of an aside in Shakespeare’s plays
A character reveals private thoughts that other characters cannot hear.
Kenning
What is a metaphorical compound word
Characterization
What is the representation of characters (persons, creatures, or other beings) in narrative and dramatic works. (S.T.E.A.L)
Moral Dilemma
What is a conflict requiring a difficult ethical choice.
The central struggle that drives the plot
What is conflict
In Shakespearean tragedies, what usually causes the hero's downfall?
What is a tragic flaw
Imagery primarily appeals to
What is the senses
Mood
What is the atmosphere or emotional setting that an author creates to evoke specific feelings in the reader (like joy, dread, or calm)
Characterization revealed through actions, dialogue, and reactions
What is indirect characterization
How does dialogue influence plot?
What is reveals conflict, advances action, or shows relationships.
Comic relief in Shakespearean tragedies serve to
What is to provide emotional contrast and release tension
Common themes in Anglo-Saxon literature
What is fate (wyrd), heroism, or exile
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What is Free points
How does character motivation influence plot development?
What is it drives decisions that advance or derail the plot
Identify how a playwright builds suspense before a major event.
What is foreshadowing, mood, tone, pacing, or withholding information
A Shakespearean blank verse is
What is unrhymed iambic pentameter
A poetic device used heavily in Old English verse to create rhythm and emphasis
What is alliteration
Soliloquy
What is a speech in drama in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, typically while alone on stage.
A character’s internal conflict often reveals
What is theme or moral struggle
When the audience knows more than the characters, which device is used?
What is dramatic irony
In Macbeth, ______ motivates the title character’s decision to kill Duncan.
What is ambition
Analyzing a poem’s form help readers understand
What is how structure contributes to meaning or theme