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100
Not within the time period
What is Anachronism?
100
addressing something not really there or alive
What is Apostrophe?
100
an awakening story
What is Bildungsroman?
100
Word choice intended to achieve a certain effect.
What is Diction?
100
story sort of like a sermon with purpose to present a moral statement.
What is Exemplum?
200
Device of parallelism in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of 2 or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
What is Anaphora?
200
term of phsycology
What is Archetype?
200
climax of play
What is Catastasis?
200
A character who changes in action or way of thinking.
What is Dynamic Character?
200
character who, by his difference to another, brings out and accentuates character traits of the other.
What is Foil?
300
Giving animal traits to humans.
What is Animalization?
300
repetition of vowel sounds within the words.
What is Assonance?
300
purging of emotions.
What is Catharsis?
300
moment of revelation or insight in which a character recognizes some truth or comes to some understanding.
What is Epiphany?
300
tragic flaw in a character.
What is Hamartia?
400
Two very contrasting ideas creating emphasis.
What is Antithesis?
400
leaving out conjunctions, such as AND
What is Asyndeton?
400
an elaborate analogy.
What is Conceit?
400
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses or lines in poetry.
What is Epistrophe?
400
the speaker is tolerant, amused, and witty.
What is Horatian Satire?
500
Intentional failure to complete a sentence.
What is Aposiopesis?
500
Riotous action and attitude, party mentality.
What is Bacchanalian Revel?
500
meaning associated with a word beyond its literal meaning.
What is Connotation?
500
adjective description to point out characteristics
What is Epithet?
500
Excessive pride, causes downfall for many tragic heroes.
What is Hubris?