| Term | Definition |
|---|
| universal | persisting, common generality |
| Hubris | excessieeteve pride |
| arete | characteristic excellence |
| ate | reckless, careless |
| catharsis | closure, resolution |
| tragic flaw | weakness in the hero |
| archetype | the first person to do a particular action |
| antihthesis | opposite of your characteristics |
| tragedy | down fall of a character |
| tragic hero | someone that falls from grace |
| epithets | trope, short rename of that person |
| extended similie | a like or as phrase extended |
| epic | story about a great journey |
| destiny | what will happen to you; predetermined fate |
| classicism | study of greek or roman literature |
| paradox | two things that are true and false at the same time |
| irony | unexpected outcome |
| stoicism | suffering quietly, "grace under pressure" |
| enmity | anger towards someone that has done you wrong |
| prophetic | meaning you can tell the future, direct like to the gods |
| "collective unconscious" | the common ideas of cultures; universality |
| "Dei ex machina" | divine intervention |
| "En Medias res" | in the middle of the action |
| symbol | representation |
| allcision | reference to a prewous literary word |
| imagery | description for a picture |
| pun | play on words |
| apostrophe | a refrence who's not there |
| satrre | ridiculing or mocking something social |
| metonymy | a part for a whole |
| alliteration | beginning rhyme/sound |
| hyperbole | exageration |
| allegory | lesson learned for religious purposes |
| metaphor | compairson without like or as |
| assiance | internal vowels that sound alike |
Combine with other sets
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