Key Vocab

• What does paradox mean?

  A self-contradictory statement which expresses a possible truth or a display of a contradictory nature.
• What does dichotomy mean?

  Division into two pairs or contradictory groups.
• What does epizeuxis mean?

  Repetition of words in quick succession.
• What does stichomythia mean?

  Dramatic dialogue between two characters.
• What does catharsis mean?

  Emotional release.
• What does peripeteia mean?

  A sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal.
• What does machiavellian mean?

  Cunning and/or scheming.
• What does antithesis mean?

  The opposite or something contrasting.
• What does morality mean?

  Conformity to what is right.
• What does hubris mean?

  Excessive pride or arrogance.
• What does mercurial mean?

  Changeable, erratic or animated.
• A self-contradictory statement which expresses a possible truth or a display of a contradictory nature.

  Paradox.
• Division into two pairs or contradictory groups.

  Dichotomy.
• Repetition of words in quick succession.

  Epizeuxis.
• Dramatic dialogue between two characters.

  Stichomythia.
• Emotional release.

  Catharsis.
• A sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal.

  Peripeteia.
• Cunning and/or scheming.

  Machiavellian.
• The opposite or something contrasting.

  Antithesis.
• Conformity to what is right.

  Morality.
• Excessive pride or arrogance.

  Hubris.
• Changeable, erratic or animated.

  Mercurial.
• In the middle of things.

  En Medias Res.
• What does en medias res mean?

  In the middle of things.
• To indicate in advance.

  Foreshadow.
• What does foreshadow mean?

  To indicate in advance.
• The use of ambiguous expressions.

  Equivocation.
• What does equivocation mean?

  The use of ambiguous expressions.
• A descriptive word added to or substituted for someone’s name.

  Epithet.
• What does epithet mean?

  A descriptive word added to or substituted for someone’s name.
• An event or object which embodies something theatrical.

  Manifestation.
• What does manifestation mean?

  An event or object which embodies something theatrical.
• Successive constructions in prose which correspond grammatically.

  Parallelism.
• What does parallelism mean?

  Successive constructions in prose which correspond grammatically.
• A contrasting person that enhances the other’s qualities.

  Foil.
• What does foil mean?

  A contrasting person that enhances the other’s qualities.
• Great courage in the face of danger.

  Valour.
• What does valour mean?

  Great courage in the face of danger.
• A prediction of the future.

  Prophecy.
• What does prophecy mean?

  A prediction of the future.