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Streetcar Terminology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A change back to the way your ancestors used to be.

a)

Debased

b)

Eugenics

c)

Atavism

d)

Feral

2.

A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero.

a)

Tyrannous

b)

Catharsis

c)

Hubris

d)

Hamartia

3.

The reversal of situation - for better or for worse - for the protagonist.

a)

Hamartia

b)

Hubris

c)

Peripeteia

d)

Anagnorisis

4.

The critical moment of recognition and awareness for the protagonist.

a)

Hamartia

b)

Hubris

c)

Peripeteia

d)

Anagnorisis

5.
When the audience knows something that the characters do not, this is known as...
a)
irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
I don't know. Apparently something to do with irony.
6.
What is an allusion?
a)
words and phrases that refer to significant characters found in myths
b)
something a character does
c)
a prediction about the future
d)
a direct reference to a person, place, or thing
7.

O horror, horror, horror.--Macbeth

a)

Epizeuxsis

b)

paradox

c)

antithesis

d)

metaphor

8.

Identify the Rhetorical Device:


The silence roars on! The silence---


Can you hear it?

a)

metaphor

b)

aposiopesis

c)

apostrophe

d)

metonymy

9.
What does "antebellum" mean?
a)
Before War
b)
After War
c)
During War
d)
Peace Time
10.

What were the year was the American Civil War?

a)

1801–1817

b)

April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865

c)

1865–1877

d)

1765–1783

11.
What officially ended slavery in the United States once and for all? 
a)
Emancipation Proclamation 
b)
Lincoln's announcement 
c)
Battle of Gettysburg 
d)
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution 
12.

(n.) the appearance of truth

a)

versimilitude

b)

psychosomatic

c)

abnegation

d)

hegemony

13.
originated from a Greek work “thiakhop” which means, “to cut into two.” This literary device is a repetition of a phrase or word broken up by other intervening words. 
a)
Diacope
b)
Dialect
c)
Diatribe
d)
Diction
14.

The delivery of dialogue in a rapid, fast-paced manner.

a)

oral interpretation

b)

soliloquy

c)

monologue

d)

stichomythia

15.

Mark, as aspiring writer, is so inspired by the works of William Shakespeare that he included some ideas in writing his own piece. What literary technique is described?

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