Vocab to use in answers Flashcards
Allusion
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Discord
Disagreement between people
Parity
The state of being equal
Disparity
A great difference
Subservient
Prepared to obey others unquestionably. Less important; subordinate
Resolution
The passing of a discord into a concord during the course of changing harmony
Invert
Put upside down or in the opposite position, order or arrangement
Subvert
To undermine the power and authority of an established system or institution like the government
Bathos
An effect of anticlimax creates by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous
Dichtomy
A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or different entirely
Pastoral
Natural imagery
Anarchronistic
Something that is out of harmony with the period in which it is placed in.
Symbol
Something that stands for something else in literary texts. The connection is usually not directly stated.
Epilogue
The short concluding section of a play or poem, sometimes summarizing the content or theme
Trickster
Often a thief or liar that is clever in disguise
Clown
Often a person who does comical tricks, but is better defined by the word buffoon as they are clumsy and unsophisticated