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29 Cards in this Set
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making a reference to past history, literature, mythology, or the Bible. |
allusion |
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when a character in a play steps to the side to speak directly to the audience; the other characters do not hear the speaker. |
aside |
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verse without rhyme |
blank verse |
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movie, play, or broadcast program intended to make an audience laugh. |
comedy |
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in a play, the audience knows more than at least one character. |
dramatic irony |
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a character used as a contrast to another character in literature |
foil character |
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a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a Classical Greek play. |
Greek chorus |
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a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a Classical Greek play. |
Greek chorus |
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a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. |
heroic couplet |
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a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a Classical Greek play. |
Greek chorus |
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a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. |
heroic couplet |
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the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs |
situational irony |
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say one thing but mean something else. |
verbal irony |
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say one thing but mean something else. |
verbal irony |
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long speech given by a character, other characters are present. |
monologue |
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say one thing but mean something else. |
verbal irony |
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long speech given by a character, other characters are present. |
monologue |
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the leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
protagonist |
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character gives a speech alone on the stage (gives insight on what the character is thinking) |
soliloquy |
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a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending |
tragedy |
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a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending |
tragedy |
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hero that is destined to downfall; the downfall might be his/her fault; the fall is not a loss; people (maybe the hero) gain knowledge or insight from the punishment. |
tragic hero |
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a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending |
tragedy |
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hero that is destined to downfall; the downfall might be his/her fault; the fall is not a loss; people (maybe the hero) gain knowledge or insight from the punishment. |
tragic hero |
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the character flaw or error of a tragic hero leads to his downfall |
tragic flaw |
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a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending |
tragedy |
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hero that is destined to downfall; the downfall might be his/her fault; the fall is not a loss; people (maybe the hero) gain knowledge or insight from the punishment. |
tragic hero |
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the character flaw or error of a tragic hero leads to his downfall |
tragic flaw |
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piece of literature describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force that has a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion. |
tragic illumination |
