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17 Cards in this Set
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Act |
a main division of a dram |
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Alliteration |
the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in two or more closely associated words. |
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Allusion |
a reference to a literary or historical person or event to explain a current situation. |
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Aside |
a brief remark made by a character and intended to be heard by the audience or by one other character but not by the others. |
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Atmosphere |
the mood established by events, places, or situations |
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Comic Relief |
a humorous scene or speech in a serious drama which is meant to provide relief from emotional intensity and, by contrast, to heighten the seriousness of the drama. |
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Foreshadowing |
a hint of what is to come, often used to keep the audience waiting |
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Imagery |
words or phrases that appeal to the five senses |
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Irony |
a contrast between what is and what appears to be; types include verbal, in which a character means one thing but says another, and dramatic, in which the audience knows what the character does not. |
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Metaphor |
two unlike things; which does not use like or as |
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Oxymoron |
a contrast of two words for the sake of emphasis |
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Personification |
a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to inanimate objects |
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rhetoric |
the art of persuasion |
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scene |
a small unit of the play where there is no change of time |
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Simile |
two essentially unlike things; usually using the words like or as |
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Soliloquy |
a speech given by a character alone on the stage to let the audience know what the character is thinking or feeling. |
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Tragedy |
a type of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering |
