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WorksheetsHAMLET Academic Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is the best description of humanism?
the study of different views of humanity and the possible future of humanity
a focus on the innate goodness of humans and the importance of humans over the supernatural
What is a struggle between opposing forces called in literature?
conflict
debate
anaphora
Attitudes that have no religious or spiritual basis are considered ___.
holy
disengaged
secular
Another word for the literary genre called "drama" is ___.
story
play
novel
A(n) ___ occurs when a character speaks to the audience in the presence of other characters, but the other characters do not hear.
soliloquy
aside
dialogue
a type of drama that ends in the downfall of a flawed but relatable hero
history
melodrama
tragedy
the reason or reasons that a character makes certain choices
motivation
hamartia
characterization
conversational exchange between two or more characters
dialogue
dialect
irony
a character who seems to have opposite characteristics of another, and who serves to highlight the other character's traits
protagonist
antagonist
foil
another name for a hero's fatal flaw
catharsis
hamartia
reversal
a speech made by a character alone on stage
aside
monologue
soliloquy
the general attitude of a character or a piece of writing
tone
mood
subtext
the purification and purgation of emotions
catharsis
hamartia
dialogue
a difference between what is actually true and what appears to be true
coincidence
irony
drama
the general atmosphere or feeling that a piece of writing creates within a reader
tone
mood
subtext
