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HAMLET Academic Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the best description of humanism?

a)

the study of different views of humanity and the possible future of humanity

b)

a focus on the innate goodness of humans and the importance of humans over the supernatural

2.

What is a struggle between opposing forces called in literature?

a)

conflict

b)

debate

c)

anaphora

3.

Attitudes that have no religious or spiritual basis are considered ___.

a)

holy

b)

disengaged

c)

secular

4.

Another word for the literary genre called "drama" is ___.

a)

story

b)

play

c)

novel

5.

A(n) ___ occurs when a character speaks to the audience in the presence of other characters, but the other characters do not hear.

a)

soliloquy

b)

aside

c)

dialogue

6.

a type of drama that ends in the downfall of a flawed but relatable hero

a)

history

b)

melodrama

c)

tragedy

7.

the reason or reasons that a character makes certain choices

a)

motivation

b)

hamartia

c)

characterization

8.

conversational exchange between two or more characters

a)

dialogue

b)

dialect

c)

irony

9.

a character who seems to have opposite characteristics of another, and who serves to highlight the other character's traits

a)

protagonist

b)

antagonist

c)

foil

10.

another name for a hero's fatal flaw

a)

catharsis

b)

hamartia

c)

reversal

11.

a speech made by a character alone on stage

a)

aside

b)

monologue

c)

soliloquy

12.

the general attitude of a character or a piece of writing

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

subtext

13.

the purification and purgation of emotions

a)

catharsis

b)

hamartia

c)

dialogue

14.

a difference between what is actually true and what appears to be true

a)

coincidence

b)

irony

c)

drama

15.

the general atmosphere or feeling that a piece of writing creates within a reader

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

subtext