Chile a gag finna Word Scramble

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Term	Definition
oedipus	a tragic Greek hero. his prophecy stated that he kills his father and marries his mother, ultimately causing him to gouge his eyes out.
creon	king of Thebes, known for forcing eteocles and polyneices to kill each other then leave polyneices unburied, therefore causing the events of antigone
jocasta	queen of Thebes, known for being the wife and mother of Oedipus
antigone	daughter of Oedipus, known for trying to help polyneices get a proper burial after Creon orders otherwise.
teiresias	the blind seer that gives oedipus and Creon their prophecies. these prophecies cause the two to be angry and not listen to him.
ismene	second daughter of oedipus, known for not helping antigone in giving Polynices a proper burial.
chorus	theban elders who summarize and comment on the last scene of the plays. they represent the voices of the city.
shepherd	a former servant of laios, giving insight of oedipus's prophecies and ultimately proving oedipus's prophecy true,
corinth	the city in which Oedipus was raised by polybos and merope, whom he believed to be his biological parents.
laios	father of Oedipus. he was killed by his own son
polybos	adoptive father of Oedipus, who raised him in corinth
merope	adoptive mother of Oedipus, who raised him in corinth along with polybos.
theseus	son of king aegeus, known for going onto the Crete and slaying the minotaur in the labyrinth. king of athens in Oedipus at colonus
polyneices	son of oedipus. he is forced to kill his brother and Creon decrees that he shouldnt get a proper burial for betraying Thebes.
eteocles	son of oedipus. he is forced to kill his brother and is given a proper burial and is portrayed as a hero.
eurydice	former wife of Orpheus, killed by a snake. in antigone, she provides the message that Antigone has killed herself.
the furies	three sisters of vengeance who punish people who violate the laws of nature.
nemesis	goddess of retribution or justice.
dramatic irony	when the reader or audience is aware of something that the character is not.
situational irony	when something happens that is opposite of what is expected.
verbal irony	when someone says something when they mean the opposite.
motif	a recurring image or symbol that emphasizes the main idea or theme.
suppliant	a humble plea or beg to a person in authority.
anagnorosis	when the tragic hero in a play recognizes their wrongdoing or cause for their downfall.
hubris	excessive pride
hamartia	the flaw in a character that causes their downfall.
allusion	a reference from one media to another, unrelated, media.
theme	a central idea or message in a piece of writing that typically teaches a lesson.
tragic hero	the main character in a tragedy that faces a change in fortune, ultimately facing a downfall.
oracle	an individual that can contact the gods and are able to tell prophecies.
prophecy	a prediction of the future.
soothsayer	someone who can view the future; a prophet.
logos	to persuade an audience by using reasoning.
ethos	to persuade an audience by using the speaker's credibility
pathos	to persuade an audience by using emotional imagery
tragedy	a dramatic play in which a character, typically one with good fortune, experiences a downfall due to a flaw in their character.
catharsis	the purging of emotions.
freytag's pyramid	a framework describing the introduction, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.
peripeteia
fate	the force of predetermined events for a person.
tyranny	a type of government in which one person rules over all without other input, usually cruel and unfair.
capitalistic	an economic system in which properties and industry are controlled by a private owner
democratic	a type of government in which citizens vote for a leader.
socialistic	a system in which people support and control economic and political beliefs.
in text citaitions	a piece of evidence within writing; shown by the authors last name and page number in parenthesis.
conjuctions	a word that connects clauses or sentences.
dependent clause vs independent clause	a dependent clause cannot stand on its own and must have an independent clause to make sense in a sentence. an independent clause is a phrase that can stand by itself without needing a dependent clause or even an independent clause.
complex vs compound sentences	a complex sentence has an independent clause and at least one dependent clause to provide more information.
capitalization	a part of grammar in which that the first letter of a sentence or a proper noun must be capitalized.
runon sententence vs incomplete/fragment sentneces	a run-on sentence is a sentence that goes on without punctuation, making it nonsensical. an incomplete/fragment sentence is a sentence without a subject and/or verb.
parts of a paragraph	1. topic sentence, 2. supporting evidence, 3. analysis, 4. concluding sentence.
apostrophe s vs plural s	apostrophe s describes who the item is in possession of. plural s describes multiple of one item.

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