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13 Cards in this Set
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Inverted sentences
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A sentence that does not begin with the subject
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Direct Address
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A construction in which a speaker or writer directly addresses another individual
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Comic Relief
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Refers to scenes that the audience a moment's relief from the tragic plot
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Flat Character
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One-dimensional character that embodies only a single trait
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Dramatic Irony
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A contradiction between what a character thinks and say and what the audience or reader knows to be true
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Monologue
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A long, uninterrupted speech by one character in the hearing of other characters
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Tragedy
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A drama in which the central character meets with disaster or great misfortune
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Parallel Structure
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The expression of similar ideas in similar grammatical forms
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Iambic Pentameter
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the name given to a line of verse that consists of five iambs (an iamb being one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed)
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Soliloquy
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A longer speech in which a character speaks as if to himself or herself
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Dramatic Foil
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A character that brings out the personality traits of another character in a play
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Blank Verse
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A poetic unrhymed iambic pentamenter
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Aside
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A brief comment a character makes that reveal his or her thoughts to the audience or another character
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