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| 7838513473 | Mimesis | an artistic imitation or representation of reality. | 0 | |
| 7838513474 | Catharsis | the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. "purification" or "cleansing" of emotions - particularly pity and fear - through any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restroation. | 1 | |
| 7838513475 | Peripeteia | the turning point in a drama after which the plot moves steadily to its denouncement. Fortune goes from good to bad. | 2 | |
| 7838513476 | Anagnorisis | recognition or discovery on the part of the hero; change from ignorance to knowledge | 3 | |
| 7838513477 | Hamartia | a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine (usually their own personality or pride) | 4 | |
| 7838513478 | Mythos | Plot; Aristotle explains that tragedy imitates the actions and lives of human beings rather than human beings themselves. Aristotle concerns himself with the universally logical events of a plot, rather than the specific and often illogical conflicts between characters associated with those events. | 5 | |
| 7838513479 | Ethos | The fundamental spirit or character of a community or culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society | 6 | |
| 7838513480 | Dianoia | "thought"; type of thinking, specifically about mathematical and technical subjects. It is the capacity for, process of, or result of discursive thinking, in contrast with the immediate apprehension that is characteristic of noesis. In Aristotle, knowledge is further divided into the theoretical (episteme), and the practical. | 7 | |
| 7838513481 | Lexis | "language" that chracters use or high quality langauge that have clear imabic pentameter. | 8 | |
| 7838513482 | Melos | "Melody" which gives crucial elements in a thoughtful sound. the melody deals with the chorus. In the story the chorus is very important and it gives a lot of information and also creates some type of suspense or humor so it's considered as a major part. | 9 | |
| 7838513483 | Opsis | a spectacle or how the play is set up on the stage (ex. props, costumes, scenery). | 10 | |
| 7838513484 | Pathetic | arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness. aroused emotion during catharsis. | 11 | |
| 7838513485 | Tragedy | a play in which the protagonist, usually a man if importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and curcumstances with which he cannot deal. | 12 | |
| 7838513486 | Chorus | a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song, dance, and recitation. | 13 | |
| 7838513487 | Orchestra | a circular or half circle. it was level space where the chorus would dance, sing, and interact with the actors who were on the stage near the skene. | 14 | |
| 7838513488 | Ode | a lyric poem that expresses strong emotions about life. has lyrical stanza and is structured in three major parts: the strophe, the antistrophe, and the epode. | 15 | |
| 7838513489 | Parados | an entance for access either to the stage or the orchestra if the Greek Theater. They are distinguised from the entrances to the stage from the skene or stage buildings. | 16 | |
| 7838513490 | Strophe | the first part of the ode followed by the antistrophe and epode. it has been extended to also mean a structural division of a poem containing stanzas of varying line length. | 17 | |
| 7838513491 | Antistrophe | the second part of the choral ode answering the previous strophe; sung by the chorus when returning from left to right. | 18 | |
| 7838513492 | Stichomythia | when sequences of single alternating lines or half lines or two line speeches are given to alternating characters. | 19 | |
| 7838513493 | Dramatic Irony | a form of irony that is expressed through a work's structure: an audiences awareness of the situation in which the character does not know yet. | 20 | |
| 7838513494 | Nemesis | the goddess of retributive justice or vengeance against the people guilty of hubris (i.e. showing arrogance before gods). an indomitable rival or an inescapable situation that causes misery and death. | 21 | |
| 7838513495 | Hubris | an excessive level of pride that leads to the protagonist's downfall. | 22 | |
| 7838513496 | Catastrophe | The final resolution of the plot in a tragedy, usually involving the death of the protagonist, which unravels the intrigue and brings the piece to a close. | 23 | |
| 7838513497 | Pathos | a quality that evokes pity or sadness; an appeal to emotion. | 24 | |
| 7838513498 | Logos | an appeal based on logic or reason; appeal to logic | 25 | |
| 7838513499 | Situational Irony | a type of irony in which events turn out the opposite of what was expected. | 26 | |
| 7838513500 | Verbal Irony | a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 27 |
