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Dramatic irony |
Term used to describe a situation in a play in which the audience knows more than the character. |
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Comic relief |
A humerous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood |
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Blank verse |
A form of poetry that most resembles natural speech |
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Foil |
A characters whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another |
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Antagonist |
The character who works against the protagonist in the story |
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Protagonist |
The central character of a drama |
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Pun |
A joke that results from multiple word meanings |
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Allusion |
A reference within literature to another peice of literature or work |
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solilquy |
A speech given by a character alone on stage |
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iambic pentameter |
a poetic meter that is made up of of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable. |
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Tragety |
A drama that ends in catastrophe |
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Drama |
A type of literature in which is meant to be performed |
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oxymoron |
Two words, aparently contradictory in meaning, when used together make a commonly understaning saying. |
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Aside |
a character's remark, either to the audience or another character, that others on stage do not hear |
