Oedipus Rex Literary Terms Review Question Preview (ID: 22065)


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a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine
a) en media res
b) hamartia
c) dramatic irony
d) foreshadowing

while singing this choral song, the choral song, the chorus moved from right to left
a) chorus
b) antistrophe
c) strophe
d) prologue

a sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in a tragedy
a) peripeteia
b) en media res
c) foreshadowing
d) tragedy

a play in which a main character suffers a downfall due to flaws
a) tragedy
b) comedy
c) history
d) romance

the reader or audience knows something a character does not
a) irony
b) situational irony
c) verbal irony
d) dramatic irony

a group of actors who sing together to help tell the narrative
a) antistrophe
b) chorus
c) strophe
d) protagonist

a feeling of emotional connection to the struggles of a character
a) pathos
b) logos
c) ethos
d) rhetoric

a long speech by one character on stage to an audience
a) dialogue
b) soliloquy
c) monologue
d) aside

excessive pride
a) hubris
b) conflict
c) vanity
d) tragic flaw

the personality trait that leads to the downfall of the protagonist
a) tragic flaw
b) en media res
c) peripeteia
d) hubris

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