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17 Cards in this Set
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Act |
A division of a play |
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Aside |
Lines that are spoken by a character to the audience |
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Cast of characters |
A list of characters |
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Chorus |
A person,group of people who act as the narrator,commentator, or general audience to the action of the play. |
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Comedy |
Humorous work of drama |
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Dialogue |
Conversation between 2 or more characters. |
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Drama |
Work of literature designed for an audience |
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Foil |
Two characters who are complete opposites |
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Monologue |
A long speech spoken by a character to himself another character or to the audience |
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Scene |
Division of an act |
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Soliloquy |
Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone or thinks they are alone |
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Stage directions |
Where characters are supposed to go |
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Tragedy |
Serious work of drama in which the hero suffers a catastrophe or serious misfortune |
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Tragic hero |
A protagonist with a fatal flaw that leads to his demise |
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Alliteration |
The repition of consonant sounds at a beginning of words or stressed syllables. |
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Allusion |
A literary reference to well known work of art history or literature |
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Blank verse |
Non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic perimeter |
