Communications Terminology Quiz

Question 1

Allegory

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A narrative in verse or prose, in which abstract qualities are personified as characters or objects.

Question 2

Allusion

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A reference in a literary work to something outside the work, usually to a famous person, place, thing, etc

Question 3

Analysis

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writing that examines and scrutinizes details and events in a literary work to support a thesis

Question 4

Box Stage

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In current theater, a structure with three walls and one wall missing so the audience can see into the pertormance area

Question 5

Choragos

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Leader of the chorus in Greek plays who often interacts with characters during scenes by acting as one or more unnamed side characters

Question 6

Chorus

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Group in Greek plays that would chant odes between acts that often commented on the play’s events

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Contextual Symbol

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Objects, actions, or persons that represent more than themselves due to what has been presented within the literary work itself

Question 8

Crossing the Threshold

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moment in story where protagonist enters an unfamiliar situation

Question 9

Dramatic Arc

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Plot theory that divides a plot structure into five parts.

Question 10

Foot

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A metrical unit in a poem.

Question 11

lamb

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A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Question 12

Meter

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Recurrent patterns of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry.

Question 13

Monomyth

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Plot theory from Joseph Campbell where a hero goes on adventure, wins a victory after a conflict, and returns home changed. Also called the hero’s journey.

Question 14

Motif

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recurring subject, object, image, idea, or symbol that develops and explains a theme

Question 15

Mythos

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Term used by Aristotle for the plot of a tragedy. Has a beginning, middle, & end.

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Primary Source

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The original literary work, without any analysis or comment applied to it.

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Public Symbol

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Objects, actions, or persons that history, myth, or legend has invested with meaning outside of a literary work

Question 18

Rhythm

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quality created by the relationship between stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

Question 19

Secondary Source

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a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere.

Question 20

Skene

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in ancient Greek theater, a structure facing the audience and forming the background before which performances were given

Question 21

Soliloquy

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A dramatic convention in which an actor, alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts aloud.

Question 22

Story Circle

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Plot theory from Dan Harmon involving eight parts that apply to potentially every single narrative

Question 23

Summary

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writing that recounts events and details that occurred in a literary work

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Theme

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The statement or underlying idea of a literary work

Question 25

Working Thesis

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Tentative statement or theory put forward in an essay as a premise to be proved.