Prologue and Paris- AP LIT.

Monologue

(n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

Epiphany

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

indignation

anger as a result of something unjust

#10 the poem is the best described as

b. an extended reflection on the nature of comedy showing the reader their short comings in a light hearted way that is easily done through comedy

#9. which of the following best describes the effect of the poems rhyming couplets

b. they playfully make the poems unpleasant points more palatable he is not covering up that they don't have flaws, he is showing them in a more comedic nicer way.

#2. the speaker anticipates the objection that "preaching" (line 11)

c. an inappropriate element in a comedy "has preached to..."

#7. the speaker expects the audience to have felt all of the following by the end of the performance EXCEPT

c. relief line 9 "modicum of cheer" line 13 "shallow deed..." line 40 "you want to hear more?..."

#3. Both lines 11 and 21, the speaker begins the sentence with "but" primarily to

c. signal a shift in the discourse "but" lines 10-11 and lines 20-21 are shifts between the two stanzas

#4. The speaker suggests the "naked facts" line 22, will

d. encourage members of the audience yo address their own weaknesses lines 24 "deceitful hearts" "rogue of honest masks" he is not covering up that they don't have flaws, he is showing them in a more comedic nicer way.

#6. the figurative language in the final stanza (lines 33-42) draws most heavily on which activity

e. armed confrontation uses statements/ words like "struck" "hurl" dodge"

canonical

following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

idosyncratic

of peculiar behavioral characteristics

banality

ordinariness; dullness

rhyming couplet

two rhyming lines at the end of a speech, signaling that a character is leaving the stage or that the scene is ending