ELA Midterm
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loungfufei on January 22, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tragic Hero | A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy |
| Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
| Foil | character contrast |
| Soliloquy | A character speaks his/her internal thoughts, while alone on stage |
| Aside | on one side |
| Dramatic irony | (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
| Comic relief | A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood |
| Blank verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) |
| Iambic pentameter | a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable |
| rhyming verse | either alternate lines rhyme or rhyming couplets |
| prose | any writing that is not poetry |
| puns | a play on words |
| paraphrase | rewording for the purpose of clarification |
| choler | bile |
| pernicious | harmful |
| adversary | opponent |
| portentous | omen |
| importune | pressingly |
| purge | rid of |
| vex | annoy |
| agate | marble stone |
| disparagement | communication that belittles |
| semblance | outward appearance |
| Allusion | reference |
| Epithet | description |
| Imagery | sensory |
| Epic Simile | comparison |
| Hubris | excessive pride |
| Epic Hero | legendary icon in culture |
| Epic Poem | long poem of heroic deeds |
| Invocation | calling |
| adversity | hardship |
| aloof | distant |
| commander | control |
| contemptible | deserving of |
| desolation | alone |
| implacable | impossible |
| restitution | make up for |
| revelry | noisy |
| revulsion | disgust |
| tremulous | tremble |
| phot/phos | light |
| luc | light |
| spec/spet | look at |
| vid/vis | to see |
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