What is hamartia? a. the tragic flaw of the tragic hero that causes his or her own destruction
b. an element in a story that evokes pity or compassion for the characters
c. the difference between what is said and what is meant or what actually happens
d. a hero who goes from happiness to suffering because of his or her own actions

The gentle rising and falling of her irish accent is sometimes called a: a- quivering b- lilt c- accent d- audibleneed to

Match each literary device to its definition. pun the use of humor and exaggeration to mock or criticize people's impractical thoughts and practices irony the use of words in a way that conveys the opposite of what they mean paradox the use of a word with more than one possible meaning with the intention of creating humor satire ideas or concepts that seem absurd or contradictory but are nevertheless true arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?