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A Tragic Review
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This root means "with" (and is the basis of the Spanish word for "with").
What is CON?
100
The "end," or "to form a boundary."
What is FIN?
100
To promote or support a course of action.
What is ADVOCATE?
100
Give the difference between INTER and INTRA. (Define both!)
What is INTER = TOGETHER, INTRA = INSIDE?
100
This is the name of the main character of the next book we will read.
What is HAMLET?
200
This root means "entirely" and "thoroughly." (Note: There are two possible answers)
What is COM or CON?
200
Meaning "water-lead" this structure -- commonly used by the ancient Romans -- carried water from place to place.
What is an AQUEDUCT?
200
To talk down to.
What is PATRONIZE?
200
This root means "one skilled in an art or skill."
What is -CIAN?
200
This is the author of the next book we will read.
Who is WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?
300
To "seize" or "take."
What is CEPT / CEIT?
300
Break down this word to its roots: AMPLIFICATION. ("ATION" simply makes this word a verb.)
What is AMPLE = Enough, FIC = Make
300
This root means "Bad, abnormal, or an affliction."
What is DYS?
300
This root means "before."
What is ANTE?
300
Tragic heroes are frequently from this social class.
What is NOBLE?
400
To "move."
What is CIT?
400
The name of "a noble leader with less power than a king" comes from this root.
What is DUC?
400
Name the three types of rhetorical appeals.
What are ETHOS, PATHOS, and LOGOS?
400
This root means "to make." (Hint: It is a suffix (comes at the end of a word))
What is -FY?
400
This "H" word is the character flaw causing the hero's downfall in tragic literature.
What is HUBRIS?
500
I ask you to do this -- literally, it would be "stirring up" your sources.
What is CITE / CITING / CITATION?
500
This word means "to make by hand."
What is MANUFACTURE?
500
This root is needed to make words "relating to acid" or "relating to fantasy."
What is -IC / -ICAL?
500
Give the difference between MANU and MAND.
What is MANU = HAND, MAND = ORDER?
500
This inescapable force destroys the hero and those around them in tragedies.
What is FATE / COSMIC BALANCE?