 | Term | Definition |
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dramatic irony |
when the audience knows something that the character doesn't |
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act |
main division of a play |
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scene |
subdivision of a play |
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tragedy |
a serious or important theme carried to an unhappy ending |
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comedy |
an amusing play that ends happily |
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dialogue |
conversation between two or more people |
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properties (props) |
movable object, not scenery, handaled by a character |
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pantomime |
the art of conveying actions, emotions, or feelings |
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motivation |
the reason behind an actor's speech or actions |
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stage left |
left of the stage from the actor's veiw |
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stage right |
right of the stage from the actor's veiw |
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upstage |
the back of the stage |
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downstage |
the front of the stage |
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aside |
a character speaks to another character without any other character aware of what is said |
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soliloquy |
a speech, made by a person who is alone, to the audience |
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pun |
humorous use of words; several meanings for one word |
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iambic pentameter |
line of poetry with five beats |
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heroic couplet |
two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter |
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foil |
a character who is used as a contrast to another character |
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Shakespearean sonnet |
fourteen lyric poem in iambic pentameter with several possible rhyme schemes |
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assonance |
repitition of vowel sounds in words |
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alliteration |
repitition of constanent sounds |
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consonance |
repitition of a constanent or constanent sounds usually at the end of a word |
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protagonist |
main character |
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antagonist |
person in conflict with the main character |
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foreshadowing |
giving a hint as to what lies ahead |
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personification |
giving human-like features to inaniment objects |
