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3603267684dithyramba wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus. a passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing0
3603267685Hubrisexaggerated self-pride/confidence1
3603267686Hestia[Vesta] Goddess of the hearth or fireplace.2
3603267687Hera[Juno] The goddess of Marriage and married women.3
3603267688Demeter[Ceres] Goddess of agriculture.4
3603267689Poseidon[Neptune] God of the sea.5
3603267690Hades[Pluto] The god of the underworld and of the dead.6
3603267691Zeus[Jupiter] The ruler of the gods and also the god of the sky and rain.7
3603267692Hephaestus[Vulcan] The god of the fire and forge.8
3603267693Aphrodite[Venus] The goddess of love, sex, desire, and beauty.9
3603267694Ares[Mars] The violent god of war.10
3603267695Athena[Minerva] The goddess of war and wisdom.11
3603267696Hermes[Mercury] The messenger of the gods. The god of thieves and commerce.12
3603267697Apollo[Apollo] The god of music, healing, light, and truth.13
3603267698Artemis[Diana] The huntress, goddess of wild things, Chastity, and of women in childbirth.14
3603267699Pan[Faunas] The goat god, protector of woods and shepherds.15
3603267700Dionysus[Bacchus] The god of wine and fertility.16
3603267701invectiveinsulting, abusive, or highly critical language.17
3603267702inversionalso called anastrophe, in literary style and rhetoric, the syntactic reversal of the normal order of the words and phrases in a sentence18
3603267703irony -dramaticirony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.19
3603267704irony-situationirony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected20
3603267705irony-verbalirony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.21
3603267706mooda distinctive emotional quality or character:22
3603267707paradoxa self-contradictory and false proposition.23
3603267708proverba wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence.24
3603267709punthe humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.25
3603267710sarcasmharsh or bitter derision or irony.26
3603267711satirethe use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.27
3603267712slangthe use of different tone of voice and diction28
3603267713tonea particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.:29
3603267714voicean expressed opinion or choice30
3603267715rising actionseries of interest in a plot to get to the greatest31
3603267716sceneplace where action or event occurs32
3603267717soliloquythe act of talking to him/herself33
3603267718tragedya fatal event34
3603267719tragic flawthe character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; hamartia35
3603267720villaina cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.36
3603267721atmospherea surrounding or pervading mood, environment, or influence37
3603267722colloquialcharacteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.38
3603267723connotationsomething suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described39
3603267724denotationthe explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression40
3603267725dialecta special variety of a language41
3603267726dialogueconvo42
3603267727dictionstyle of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words43
3603267728epigrama short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought.44
3603267729actto take action or do something45
3603267730antagonistperson who actively opposes46
3603267731asideto one side/out of the way47
3603267732catastrophebad thing that happens48
3603267733catharsisprocess of relieving strong or repressed emotions49
3603267734charactera person in the story50
3603267735stockusually criticized as cliche characters51
3603267736staticnon-changing chracters52
3603267737comic reliefcomic episodes in a dramatic or literary work53
3603267738end-stopped linewhen a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon. When lines are end-stopped, each line is its own phrase or unit of syntax. So when you read an end-stopped line, you'll naturally pause.54
3603267739enjambmentthe continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.55
3603267740epica long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.56
3603267741euphonythe quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words.57
3603267742iamba metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable58
3603267743imagea simile or metaphor. (representation)59
3603267744in medias resLatin for "into the middle of things." It usually describes a narrative that begins, not at the beginning of a story, but somewhere in the middle — usually at some crucial point in the action.60
3603267745lyricexpressing the writer's emotions, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.61
3603267746measureconsider (one's words or actions) carefully.62
3603267747octavea poem or stanza of eight lines; an octet63
3603267748odea lyric poem (meant to be sung)64
3608282734Hamartiathe flaw in character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in tragedy65
3608287342Stichomythic dialoguea form of dialogue originating in Greek drama in which single lines are uttered by alternate speakers66
3608295090peripetiaa sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal, especially in a literary work67
3608299549skenea structure facing the audience and forming the background before which performances were given68
3608309087anagnorisisthe critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially peripeteia69
3608313657strophethe part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right70
3608320266antistrophethe part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from left to right71
3608337058bathosa ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the common place; anticlimax72
3608347022pathosthe quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature or other forms of expression of evoking feeling or pity or compassion73
3608356341chorusa group of actors the performed the chorus and served as major participants74
3608369775paradostwo broad aisles; the entrance song of the chorus75
3608372392choragusthe leader of a dramatic chorus76
3608374001archetypeoriginal pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or based; a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc.77
3608396145Theatronthe seeing place78
3608397504orchestradancing place79
3608403253paradosaisles where the chorus enters80
3608406140hubrisexaggerated pride81
3608409747proskenionplatform that separated the actors from the chorus82
3608414578chitonlong, flowing robe83
3608415952cothurniplatform shoes84
3608418772propertiesprops85
3608420210everymangeneralized characters86
3608421663maskmegaphone, distinguished the role (age, sex, nood, rank)87
3608439990personamask88

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