Poetics Review

Coherence of the characteristics of the character throughout the play

Which of these is NOT one of the three material parts of plot?

Finish the sentence: The "poet" imitates human beings...

The moment the protagonist dedicates himself to an action

The action of carrying out the tragic flaw

The imitation of serious action, magnitude, nice language, is enacted, and evokes pity and fear

Which of these is NOT a way used by the poet to imitate life?

Everything seen on stage

The type of analysis that determines all the parts of a given whole

Which kind of words are both for clarity and interest?

What is the final formulation of tragedy?

Ingrained in the behavior of the character

Lifelikeness is depended on...

The emotions of the characters as they are making moment-by-moment discoveries

The character's ethical system that makes them different

The reasoning from general to specific or coming to conclusions from the interrelation of facts

Consistency is defined by...

What is the second form of tragedy?

The character's actions, the outward expression of the inner person

A character flaw that has potential of turning into a tragic flaw if in the right situation

Central to all art

What is most likely to happen

The type of causal analysis that deals with making and the manner of imitation

What is the first formulation of tragedy?

Everything heard on stage

Pattern, rhythm, harmony, and language are the materials of which art?

Pattern, line, color, and form are materials of which art?

What must happen

Likeness to reality

The type of analysis that determines all the means to a given end

Which two things make up beauty?

The type of analysis that determines the rank-order of things that is based off judging

A lot of things can be possible, some can be probable, but few are necesary

The type of causal analysis that deals with the means of imitation

Change from fortune to misfortune, or vice versa

Two types of words that are used for clarity

The type of causal analysis that where the felt need is expressed in reality

All the words of the play, both text and subtext

All the inner life of the character

Anything likely to happen in the world

Follows the reversal or climax, during which all the remaining complications are resolved

Which of these is NOT one of the 3 types of knowledge?

Pattern, rhythm, and harmony are the materials of which art?

The obstacles standing in between the protagonist and his objective

Solely pattern and rhythm are materials of which art?

Secondary characteristic such as heredity, environment, age, race, temperament, and health

In which two causes does comedy differ from tragedy?

Knowledge that includes all disciplines whose end is "doing" or achievement of a particular end

The action that sets the play in motion

Knowledge that includes all those enterprises whose end is "making"

The whole action of the play

Which is NOT part of the variables by which the character of the tragic deed is determined?

The type of analysis that examines things made by human agency

The imitation of a abnormal action & has magnitude, nice language, enacted and evokes laughter

Which group does NOT contain some of the eight kinds of words

Any experience

What is the third formulation of tragedy?

Any change from ignorance to knowledge

The first moment of the play performed

What does Aristotle mean by "imitation?"

Knowledge that includes all disciplines whose end is knowing for knowing's own sake

What are the kinds of discovery?

The type of causal analysis that focuses on the object of imitation and ideas

The two criteria of excellence in diction

The logical process by which one draws general conclusions through observations from facts

The highest point of the play's action

Level of goodness

The process of arriving at proper conclusions by the process of question and answer

What elements had to be added to early drama before it achieved completion?