English Lit - Useful Terminology
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- Created on: 16-04-17 16:03
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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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