When the author gives you clues about what will happen later int he story.
What is foreshadowing
100
A play on words where the words may sound alike but have double meanings.
What is a pun
100
A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet.
100
A speech given by a character alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy.
100
This is when the reader knows something that the character does not.
What is dramatic irony.
200
A type of drama that usually ends with the main character(s) dying.
What is a tragedy
200
A combination of two words that have the opposite meaning.
Good grief!
What is an oxymoron
200
A pair of rhyming lines in a poem.
What is a couplet.
200
When a character speaks to the audience but the other characters on stage do not hear him.
What is an aside or monologue.
200
When a character says the opposite of what he really means.
What is verbal irony.
300
This character is usually someone of high social status or importance in society who has an personality trait that leads to his or her downfall.
What is tragic hero.
300
Giving a nonhuman thing human abilities.
What is personification
300
Five pairs of light/heavy syllables in a line of poetry.
da DUm da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM
What is iambic pentameter
300
A character whose personality is the direct opposite of another character.
What is a foil.
300
A brief summary of the entire story at the beginning.
What is a prologue.
400
This is when things turn around for the worse after the tragic hero has experienced a peak of happiness or accomplishment. Clue: the ending of the answer rhymes with the end of the word: tortilla.
What is a peripiteia.
400
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile.
400
Poetry written in iambic pentameter that does not rhyme.
Clue: I hope you don't draw a blank on this question.
What is blank verse.
400
A character who does not change.
What is a static character.
400
When events turn out the opposite of what the reader expected or was led to beleive would happpen.
What is irony of situation.
500
This is a what we call the personality trait that leads to the downfall of the hero.
What is a tragic flaw.
500
Romeo, after seeing Juliet for the first time says, "Her eye is an Ethiopian jewel."
What is a metaphor.
500
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The name for the letters above.
What is rhyme scheme.
500
A character who does change.
What is a dynamic character.
500
True or False:
The death of the tragic hero at the end of a tragedy is in vain.
What is false. The death usually helps society in some way.