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Study for Ms. Robbins' American Literature Final

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Act   show
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Antagonist   show
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Aside   show
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Blank verse   show
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show The dramatic crisis of a play  
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show A play that ends happily  
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show The problem a character faces  
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show The ending to a play (also called the resolution)  
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Dialogue   show
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Dramatic foil   show
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show When the audience knows something a character does not  
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Dynamic Character   show
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show The ending of the play is expressed through this medium  
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show Poetry that has no rhyme or meter  
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show A line of poetry that contains five iambs (one iamb = two syllables)  
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show Words that appeal to the senses  
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show A long speech delivered by one character to many  
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show Giving human-like characteristics to non-human things  
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show The introduction of a play  
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Prose   show
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Protagonist   show
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Pun   show
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Quatrain   show
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Rhyme scheme   show
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Rhymed couplet   show
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Scene   show
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Shakespearean Sonnet   show
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Soliloquy   show
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Stage directions   show
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show A character who does not change throughout the play  
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show A play that ends sadly  
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show Brings about a character's downfall or death  
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Mama Younger   show
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Walter Younger   show
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show Wife of Walter, mother of Travis; pregnant with her second child; known as a "settled" woman  
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Beneatha Younger   show
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Travis Younger   show
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George Murchison   show
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Joseph Asagai   show
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show Friend of Walter; runs away with the investment  
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show Friend of Walter; invests in the liquor store; tells Walter the bad news that Willy has run away with the money  
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show Representative from Clybourne Park; offers the Youngers more money to move out of the neighborhood  
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The Younger Household   show
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show A life insurance check from Mr. Younger's death; worth $10,000; Walter wants to spend it on the liquor store; Beneatha wants it for school; Ruth wants Mama to spend it. Mama puts $3500 on a house, $3000 for Beneatha's school, and the rest to Walter  
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Asagai vs. George   show
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show A white neighborhood where Mama buys a house. A representative named Karl Lindner comes to offer them more money to leave. They eventually move into the neighborhood despite the humiliating offer.  
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show A theme of the play; Walter dreams of being successful; Beneatha dreams of being a doctor after seeing a boy split his face open; Ruth dreams of being out of poverty; Mama dreams of owning a house  
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