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A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader/audience knows to be true: Dramatic irony
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An event that directly contradicts the expectations of the character, reader, or audience: Situational irony
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Central idea or insight about life that explain the downfall: Theme
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Character whose purpose is to show off another character: Dramatic foil
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Characters in a play who stay in the same opinions and character throughout the entire play.: Static characters
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Characters that change somehow during the course of the plot. They generally change for the better.: Dynamic character
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Characters who have many personality traits, like real people: Round characters
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Comparison of two things in language: Metaphorical language
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Drama where the central characters suffer great misfortune. Downfalls result from: Fate, fatal character flaw: Shakespearean tragedy
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End of central conflict: Resolution
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Final explanation or outcome of the plot: Denouement
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First bit of action that occurs which begins the plot: Inciting moment
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Humorous use of a word with two meanings: Pun
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One person speaking on stage, there can be other characters though: Monologue
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One-dimensional characters embodying only a single trait, used for comic relief even in tragedies: Flat characters
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Ordinary writing that is not poetry/drama/song. Spoken by lower class characters in plays: Prose
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Point at which protagonists situation will either get better or worse: Good guy < Bad guy Good guy > Bad guy: Crisis
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Struggle that develops:
Man v. Man, Man v. Himself, Man v. society, Man v. Nature: Conflict
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the expression of thoughts of a character alone on stage: Soliloquy
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Turning point of the story, everything begins to unravel: Climax
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Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter: Blank verse
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Use of comedy within literature that relieves everyone from the seriousness/sadness of the situation: Comic relief
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words spoken, usually in an undertone not intended to be heard by all: Aside
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Words that tell the reader who is being addressed: Direct address
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Words used to suggest the opposite of what is meant: Verbal irony
