English Final

5.0(2)
studied byStudied by 9 people
5.0(2)
full-widthCall with Kai
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
GameKnowt Play
Card Sorting

1/44

flashcard set

Earn XP

Description and Tags

English

12th

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced
Call with Kai

No study sessions yet.

45 Terms

1
New cards
Characterization
creation or construction of a fictional character
2
New cards
Antagonist
a person who actively opposes or is hostile
3
New cards
foil
character who contrast with another character
4
New cards
archetype
situation repeated (young kid making way in life)
5
New cards
Allusion
Historical reference to something
6
New cards
dramatic irony
audience knows something is going to happen to character
7
New cards
situation irony
a reversal of what is expected or intended
8
New cards
verbal irony
says one thing but means the complete opposite
9
New cards
allegory
double significance
1.black and white
2. deeper meaning
10
New cards
Symbolism
use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
11
New cards
Blank verse
a verse without rhyme
iambic pentameter
a verse without rhyme
iambic pentameter
12
New cards
Couplet
back to back rhyming
"good night good night parting is such sweet sorrow"
13
New cards
motif
word repeated (dagger-macbeth)
14
New cards
metaphor
word or phrase applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applied
15
New cards
oxymoron
two words the dont mean the same thing
(sweet and sour sauce, little big man)
16
New cards
Stichomythia
back and forth, banter
17
New cards
Synecdoche
part whole or some part explain the whole thing
(boat=the sail, car=my wheels)
18
New cards
Metonymy
physical association with something
the crown=monarch, whitehouse=president
19
New cards
peripety
sudden change of events
20
New cards
Apostrophe
reads like prayer
21
New cards
prose
written or spoken language in its ordinary form without metrical structure
22
New cards
Catharsis/purgation
a comedic scene to purge heavy emotions
23
New cards
Chorus
dancing or singing lines to introduce play
ex: Dr. Faustus
24
New cards
Exodus
exit, sing last lines of play
25
New cards
exposition
background of a play
26
New cards
prologue
introduction
27
New cards
parados
insert between scenes to tell us what to feel
28
New cards
monologue
one speech
29
New cards
soliquy
alone, long speech, (sometimes to another character)
30
New cards
Aside
addressing the audience, brief and short
31
New cards
anagnorisis
character recognizes he is in to deep and can't get out
32
New cards
Hubris
typical character flaw (excessive pride)
33
New cards
Tragic Character
presentation of character flaw
34
New cards
tragic flaw
flaw that brings characters down fall
35
New cards
What is dr. faustus tragic flaw?
pride, trying to be like God
36
New cards
What is Macbeths tragic flaw?
ambition, wanting more power and money
37
New cards
What makes Hamlets tragic flaw different than the other ones?
his inability to make a decision
38
New cards
What is the theme of Macbeth?
the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints
39
New cards
What is the theme of Hamlet?
friendship, madness, revenge
40
New cards
What is theme of Dr. faustus?
ambition, trust/distrust, good/evil, fate/free will
41
New cards
What is the theme of beowulf?
the importance of establishing identity
42
New cards
What is the theme of the Seafarer?
longing for something more
43
New cards
What are the two meanings in the Seafarer?
humanity searching for meaning
a sailor in the ocean
44
New cards
Who is the foil to hamlet?
Laertes and prince of Norway
45
New cards
Who is foil to macbeth?
Banquo