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18 Cards in this Set
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reference to a statement, a person, a place, an event, or a thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or the arts
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ALLUSION
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in a play, words spoken by a character directly to the audience or to another character but not overheard by others onstage
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ASIDE
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in general, a story that ends happily.
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COMEDY
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comic scene amid a tragedy to ease tensions
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COMIC RELIEF
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story that is written to be acted for an audience
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DRAMA
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occurs when the reader or the audience knows something important that a character does not know
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DRAMATIC IRONY
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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BLANK VERSE
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character who serves as a contrast to another character
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FOIL
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contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality
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IRONY
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line of poetry make up of five iambs
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IAMBIC PENTAMETER
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figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles
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METAPHOR
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type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
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PERSONIFICATION
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play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
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PUN
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sets, lights, costumes, and props, which bring a play to life onstage
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SCENE DESIGN
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figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles
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SIMILE
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long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses private thoughts or feelings
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SOLILOQUY
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play, novel, or other narrative depicting serious and important events, in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
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TRAGEDY
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the flaw that leads to the hero's downfall
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TRAGIC FLAW
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