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THIS IS

With Host... Your

Hero Drama Terms Conventions Of the Theatre Greek Playwright s Drama Terms II Greek Playwrights II

This definition was written by a Greek philosopher. A 100

Who is Aristotle? A 100

A hero must be basically this. A 200

What is a good person? A 200

Another name for a tragic flaw A 300

What is hamartia? A 300

A tragic hero must either have wealth or this. A 400

What is high standing in the community? A 400

A tragic hero must handle his/her downfall with this. A 500

What are grace and dignity? A 500

Stage direction for the chorus which means standing still. B 100

What is epode ? B 100

Literal translation for tragedy. B 200

What is goat song? B 200

He is the deus ex machina in Antigone. B 300

Who is Teiresias? B 300

This literary term describes the idea of Teiresias revealing the truth to Creon. B 400

What is irony? B 400

Drama term that literally means “god out of the machine.” B 500

What is deus ex machina ? B 500

To be an actor, one had to be this gender. C 100

What is male ? C 100

These were worn so the actors would appear larger. C 200

What are padded costumes and buskins? C 200

These helped project the voices of the actors. C 300

What are masks? C 300

DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

Because of this convention, the audience never saw the deaths of Eurydice, Antigone, or Haimon. C 400

What is not allowing violence on stage ? C 400

The peripety of Antigone. C 500

What is it called when Creon lost control of events happening in his city? C 500

He added the 1 st actor D 100

Who is Thespis? D 100

He added the 2 nd actor. D 200

Who is Aeschylus? D 200

He added the 3 rd actor. D 300

Who is Sophocles? D 300

Adding the 1 st actor created this. D 400

What is dialogue? D 400

He originated painted scenery. D 500

Who is Sophocles? D 500

Greek word for pride. E 100

What is hubris? E 100

One or two lines spoken directly to the audience. E 200

What is an aside? E 200

A speech given by an actor when he/she is alone on stage to reveal his thoughts or feelings. E 300

What is a soliloquy? E 300

A cleansing of the emotions which the audience feels after watching a tragedy. E 400

What is a catharsis? E 400

Antistrophe. E 500

What stage direction tells the chorus to move to the right? E 500

He set the chorus at 15 and decreased its importance. F 100

Who is Sophocles ? F 100

He originated the idea of a trilogy of tragedy. F 200

Who is Aeschylus? F 200

He developed the modern idea of a single play, rather than a trilogy. F 300

Who is Euripides? F 300

He won 1 st prize 13 times. F 400

Who is Aeschylus? F 400

He wrote The Oresteia. F 500

Who is Aeschylus ? F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is: Greek Drama Terms Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

A recognition scene. (Spelling counts.) Click on screen to continue

What is an anagnorisis ? Click on screen to continue

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