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2. Within a tragic play the Catastrophe is...

  • The resolution of the play.
  • The downward action of the plot leading to the exode.
  • The climax, the moment when the tragic hero makes a critical discovery where the tension peaks.
  • A sudden reversal of circumstances, a turning point in the play.

3. What kind of imagery is 'Olfactory imagery'?

  • Imagery that describes scents
  • Imagery that describes sight
  • Imagery that describes sound
  • Imagery that describes flavour

4. 'We ran and jumped and shouted' is an example of what kind of list?

  • Asyndetic list
  • Polysyndetic list
  • Syndetic list

5. Verisimilitude is...

  • where the writer uses techniques that appeal to the reader's audience's emotions, often arousing pity for a character.
  • Where a text has a sense of truthfulness and realism. Proper nouns can achieve this. 'AK47's and RPGs were firing none stop.'
  • The sense of anti-climax created when a literary work drops from an elevated or serious level to the more absurd or ridiculous.
  • The purification or purging of emotions, especially pity or fear, through art. Some literary forms act as a release for the author or audience of these emotions.

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