Lit. Terms Set #5

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What is the central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work?

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Theme

Front

What type of literary work tells of a catastrophe, disaster, or great misfortune for the main character?

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Tragedy

Front

In a Greek tragedy, the main character is always someone who is:

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Significant

Front

What type of work may elicit feelings of fear and pity in the audience, while also conveying a sense of grandeur and nobility of the human spirit?

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Tragedy

Front

What is a stanza of poetry that contains a grouping of 4 lines called?

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Quatrain

Front

What is the term for a humorous work that typically has a happy ending?

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Comedy

Front

What literary device involves giving human traits to non-human entities?

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Personification

Front

What is the term for a recurring theme or motif in literature?

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Symbolism

Front

What is the term for the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story?

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Foreshadowing

Front

What is the term for a flashback in literature?

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An interruption in the chronological sequence to present an event that occurred earlier.