March Exam

Question 1

aside

Answer 1

When a character says something that only the audience is supposed to hear.

Question 2

caption

Answer 2

Words that are separated from the rest of the panel to give background info, the characters’ thoughts, ect

Question 3

catharsis

Answer 3

being released from repressed emotions

Question 4

comic releif

Answer 4

A funny character that is meant to serve as a relief from the sad stuff going on

Question 5

composition

Answer 5

The make up of something

Question 6

deus ex machina

Answer 6

An unexpected power saving a seemingly hopeless situation

Question 7

exode

Answer 7

The final scene of a greek play usually with some dialogue.

Question 8

foreshadowing

Answer 8

Talking about/hinting that events will happen in the future

Question 9

gutter

Answer 9

the space in between the panels in a comic book.

Question 10

hamartia

Answer 10

A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

Question 11

hubris

Answer 11

an excessive amount of self pride

Question 12

oikos

Answer 12

Basically the house and all the things that went on there and the people that were confined there. (Women, children, slaves, ect)

Question 13

orchestra

Answer 13

The circular area in front of the stage where the chorus is

Question 14

parados

Answer 14

The gangways that the chorus and performers enter the stage on.

Question 15

Polis

Answer 15

The city living part of Greek Society, like politics and social activities. Mostly only men were allowed to participate.

Question 16

skeen

Answer 16

A thing behind the stage that the actors changed there masks behind and also served as the background for the play

Question 17

Soliloquy

Answer 17

When an actor is on stage alone and does a long speech

Question 18

Splash Page

Answer 18

In a comic book when there is only one panel on a page.

Question 19

Theatron

Answer 19

the seating part of a greek amphitheater

Question 20

tragic waste

Answer 20

Happens at the end of a play when the good is taken out with the bad.

Question 21

Iambic Pentameter

Answer 21

A Line with 5 iambs (unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one)

ex. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Question 22

Blank verse

Answer 22

A poem with unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 23

Free verse

Answer 23

A poem with no restrictions on rhyme or meter.

Question 24

Slant rhyme

Answer 24

Worlds that don’t technically rhyme but sound similar

ex. worm and swarm
sky and high

Question 25

Sonnet

Answer 25

A poem with 14 lines of iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of 3 A, B, A, B quatrains and a couplet

Question 26

Quatrain

Answer 26

A stanza of 4 lines (sometimes with alternating rhymes)

Question 27

Couplet

Answer 27

Two lines with the same rhyme

Question 28

Heroic couplet

Answer 28

A couplet in Iambic petameter

Question 29

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 29

How different lines of poetry rhyme

Question 30

Villanelle

Answer 30

19 line poem with two rhymes throughout it and there are certain times that the last word has to be repeated. When there is a number next to a letter in the example it is the word being repeated. Words without numbers just have to rhyme Goes like this: A1 B A2 A B A1 A B A2 A B A1 A B A2 A B