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17 Cards in this Set
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verse drama
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play written mostly or entirely in verse
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dramatic irony
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when the audience knows something that the characters dont
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comedy
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an amusing play with a happy ending
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tragedy
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play in which the main character suffers a major downfall
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climax
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poin of highest reader interest
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foil
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character used to contrast another character
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pun
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play on words based on word with different meanings
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blank verse
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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iamb
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metrical foot cinsisting of one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable
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iambic pentameter
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line of poetry with 5 iambs
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sonnet
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14 line poem writtin in iambic pentameter
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oxymoron
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words of opposite meaning used together
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drama
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story acted out on stage
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soliloquy
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long speech by actor alone on stage
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rising action
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part of plot that increases reader interst and complication
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falling action
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action that results from climax
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monologue
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long speech by actors with other actors on stage
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