characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or 

impertinent 

the everyday language spoken by a people as 

distinguished from the literary language 

the problem created when one character opposes 

another 

a short speech delivered directly to the audience 

as if the other characters could not hear it 

stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or 

course of action; difficult to manage or control 

absence of light; darkness; the condition of being 

unknown 

demonstrates a 

range of human 

qualities typical 

of actual human 

beings

a long, uninterrupted speech by one character that 

reveals the character’s feelings 

something that is exact 

opposite or contrary of 

another

literature that develops plot and character through 

dialogue and action; literature in play form 

shows one 

single, dominant 

trait 

a speech made by a character who is alone and 

speaks private thoughts as if the audience were 

not there 

breaking up and leveling the soil with a farm tool 

called a harrow 

a kind of cannonball weighing 

from nine to thirteen pounds 

the repetition of the first sounds of many words in 

a poem

to break a literary work into parts and examine 

closely each part