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Othello Final Exam |Questions and CorrectAnswers Rated A
Simile - Ans A type of figurative language in which a comparison is made between two
unlike things using "like" or "as."
Metaphor - Ans A type of figurative language in which a direct comparison is made
between two unlike things.
Personification - Ans A type of figurative language in which a non-human object, animal, or
idea is given human characteristics.
Oxymoron - Ans A type of figurative language in which a writer purposefully uses two
words that contradict each other.
Hyperbole - Ans A type of figurative language in which a writer purposefully
exaggerates something to make a point.
Wordplay - Ans A type of figurative language in which a writer purposefully plays around with
the different meanings of one word or multiple words that sound the same but have
different meanings.
Dramatic irony - Ans A type of irony in which there is a contrast between what the
audience knows and what the characters in a play or story know.
Verbal irony - Ans A type of irony in which there is a contrast between what a character
says and what a character actually means; closely related to sarcasm.
Situational irony - Ans A type of irony in which there is a contrast between what the
reader thinks will happen in a story and what actually happens.
, Euphony - Ans A poetic device in which a writer chooses to arrange words using sounds that are
melodic and pleasing to the ear.
Alliteration - Ans A poetic device in which a writer purposefully chooses words that begin
with the same letter to draw the readers' attention to an important line or phrase.
Rhyme - Ans A poetic device in which a writer purposefully chooses words that end with the
same sound to adhere to some kind of rhyme scheme or to draw the readers' attention to
an important line or phrase.
Repetition - Ans A poetic device in which a writer purposefully repeats a word or phrase
to draw the readers' attention to an important line or phrase.
Foil - Ans A pair of characters in a literary work that are mostly similar but have key differences
between them. Two characters that are meant to be compared to one another.
Tragedy - Ans Genre that encompasses plays like Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet,
Macbeth, etc.
Characteristics of tragedy - Ans 1. Tragic hero who falls from grace by the end of the play.
2. Tragic hero is talented, but has a TRAGIC FLAW that leads to his downfall.
3. Antagonist opposes protagonist
4. CATHARSIS occurs at the end of the play in which the hero accepts responsibility for his
actions and earns the audience's sympathy.
5. Unhappy ending - a lot of characters die and the hero meets his death with dignity.
Tragic hero - Ans The protagonist in a tragedy; begins the play in a position of power and loses
everything by the end.
Tragic flaw - Ans Some sort of shortcoming or defect possessed by the protagonist in a
tragedy that causes his/her eventual downfall.
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