Vocab to use in answers

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

Question 2

Discord

Answer 2

Disagreement between people

Question 3

Parity

Answer 3

The state of being equal

Question 4

Disparity

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A great difference

Question 5

Subservient

Answer 5

Prepared to obey others unquestionably. Less important; subordinate

Question 6

Resolution

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The passing of a discord into a concord during the course of changing harmony

Question 7

Invert

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Put upside down or in the opposite position, order or arrangement

Question 8

Subvert

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To undermine the power and authority of an established system or institution like the government

Question 9

Bathos

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An effect of anticlimax creates by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous

Question 10

Dichtomy

Answer 10

A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or different entirely

Question 11

Pastoral

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Natural imagery

Question 12

Anarchronistic

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Something that is out of harmony with the period in which it is placed in.

Question 13

Symbol

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Something that stands for something else in literary texts. The connection is usually not directly stated.

Question 14

Epilogue

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The short concluding section of a play or poem, sometimes summarizing the content or theme

Question 15

Trickster

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Often a thief or liar that is clever in disguise

Question 16

Clown

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Often a person who does comical tricks, but is better defined by the word buffoon as they are clumsy and unsophisticated

Question 17

Slapstick

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A physical form of comedy that usually involves falling over

Question 18

Verse

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Rhymed or unrhymed poetry that is spoken in iambic pentamer but upper class people in Shakespeare plays

Question 19

Transgression

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To break a law or rule and to go beyond the normal limits of tolerance

Question 20

Travesty

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When something important or crucial is made fun off

Question 21

Charade

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An absurd pretense

Question 22

Folly

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A foolish act

Question 23

Caricature

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An exaggerate portrayal of a person or type of person for comic effect

Question 24

Farcical

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A method of entertaining an audience that uses improbable situations and useless pretence

Question 25

Antagonist

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A character that usually disagrees with the protagonist

Question 26

Protagonist

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The major character of a story

Question 27

Repartee

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The ability to make witty remarks and replies that is often a key part of a Shakespearean comedy

Question 28

Parody

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A grotesque imitation of another text

Question 29

Malapropism

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A comical confusion of words

Question 30

Motif

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A recurring element in a story that has symbolic significance

Question 31

Stichomythia

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Alternating dialogue between two characters

Question 32

Histrionic

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Overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style

Question 33

Absurd

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Wildly unreasonable, illogical or inappropriate

Question 34

Rhetoric

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Language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on it’s audience, but it is often regarded as lacking in sincerity

Question 35

Perceive

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To become aware of something

Question 36

Contrived

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Obviously planned or calculated

Question 37

Ideology

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The ides and manner of thinking of a group, social class or individual

Question 38

Aesthetic

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Concerned with beauty or it’s appreciation

Question 39

Mimesis

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Representation or imitation of the real world in art or literature

Question 40

Liminal

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Occupying a position at, or on both sides of a boundary or threshold