Pygmalion Vocabulary and Literary Terms
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31 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Torrents | floods, heavy downpour |
| Proximity | nearness, closeness, in the area of |
| Incarnate | living representation of |
| Genial | having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner |
| Petulance | irritable |
| Genteel | polite, friendly |
| Amiable | friendly, agreeable, good natured, likable |
| Presumptuous | going over what is right or proper |
| Overbearing | arrogant, domineering |
| Audacity | reckless daring |
| Incorrigible | impossible to change or alter |
| Condescending | patronizing; dealing with others in a proud or haughty way, as if lowering yourself to meet them on their level |
| Eccentric | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual |
| Impudence | rudeness; insolence |
| Resplendently | dazzlingly, splendidly |
| Vehement | characterized by great force or energy |
| Accost | to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
| Character | an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) |
| Conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests |
| Dialect | a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region |
| Dialogue | the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction |
| Dynamic | changes as a result of the stories events (Internal change) |
| Flat | described with only one major characteristict |
| Foil | anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities |
| Plot | the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. |
| Protagonist | the principal character in a work of fiction |
| Round | described with many characteristics |
| Setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
| Stage Directions | The specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc. |
| Static | no change with the course of the story or play |
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