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What is an Odyssey?
The act of creating or developing the character.
What is characterization?
When an author hints at a future event or outcome in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A play that results in a catastrophe of great misfortune for the main character, usually resulting in several deaths.
What is a Tragedy?
An introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of the play.
What is a Prologue?
A long narrative poem about a hero.
What is an epic?
When the author states a character’s traits outright.
What is direct characterization?
The leading character or one of the major characters in a piece of literature.
What is a protagonist?
Serves as a temporary break from the tension and seriousness of the main plot, providing the audience with moments of humor and lightness.
What is comic relief?
It is made up of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. It is written in Iambic Pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
A traditional story that explains a belief, ritual, or natural phenomenon.
What is a myth?
When the author provides clues about a character by describing what a character looks like, does, and says, as well as how other characters react to him or her.
What is indirect characterization?
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary or enemy.
What is an antagonist?
Time and Rushing
Love and Hate
Fate and Destiny
What are the main topics in Romeo and Juliet?
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What does a proper MLA heading look like?
A hero who shows the values of bravery and courage, superhuman deeds, loyalty, honor, wisdom, cunning, and resourcefulness.
What is an epic hero?
When a character struggles against an outside force.
What is external conflict?
A form of contrast. The audience knows something that the other characters in the play do not, such as Juliet’s parents planning her marriage to Paris when we know she is already married.
What is dramatic irony?
A type of comparison when an object or animal is described as having human characteristics or traits.
What is personification?
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What are the font and font size in MLA Formatting?
An extended comparison, typically found in epic poetry, that spans multiple lines and uses "like" or "as" to draw a detailed comparison between two dissimilar things.
What is an epic simile?
When a character struggles with a conflict within himself or herself.
What is internal conflict?
Language (manner of speaking)
How does Shakespeare differentiate between characters of social classes within his plays?
A speech given by one character in a play, who is speaking to themselves. An example of this is the Balcony Scene when Juliet appears to be speaking to Romeo, but is actually speaking out loud to herself about her feelings for Romeo.
What is a soliloquy?
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