Drama and Poetry terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• peripeteia: reversal of fortune for the tragic hero
• aphorism:a tersely phrased statement of a truth or an opinion
• tragic flaw: hero's faulty trait causing his downfall
• recognition: tragic hero finally sees clearly what he had misconstrued.
• satire: comedy ridiculing human weakness
• juxtaposition: occurs when a writer implies comparison or contrast by placing two things side-by-side.
• soliloquy: a speech given by a character in a play as if alone
• aside: comments made directly to the audience in the presence of other characters
• strophe: part of a greek choral ode sung during a dance
• romantic: a softer comedy in which no one ends in a dire state
• paradox: an apparently self-contradictory statement whose underlying meaning requires careful scrutiny