Key Literary Terms

Front 1

protagonist

Back 1

the main charector or hero of the play

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symbol

Back 2

is any object, person, place, action that has meaning in it and stands for something larger than itself

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theme

Back 3

the central idea of work of literature

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charector foil

Back 4

a charector that sets off another charector by contrast

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soliloquy

Back 5

A long uninterruped speech presented to charectors on stage

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monologue

Back 6

speech where a charector, alone on stage, speaks his or her thoughts onlly to the audience

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simile

Back 7

a comparision made between two dissimilar things through the use of specific word of comparision(like or as)

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personification

Back 8

a figure of speech in which an animal, object, natural force, or idea is given a personality and described as human

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antagoinist

Back 9

the charector or force that works against the protagonist; introduces conflicts

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analogy

Back 10

in extended comparison showing similarities between to dissimilar things

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aside

Back 11

the words spoken by a charector in a play, usally intented for an audience ( when they pause the olay and talk)

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irony

Back 12

the use of words to express something differnent from and often opposite to their literal meaning

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charectorization

Back 13

the personality a charector displays, also the means by which the author reveals that personality