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Tragedy
a play dealing with tragic events or an unhappy ending. |
Prologue
an introductory section of a novel |
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stage directions
an instruction in the text of a play |
sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes |
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iambic pentameter
a line of verse with five metrical feet |
Blank verse
a verse without rhyme |
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Couplet
two lines of a verse joined by rhyme |
Aside
remark in the play supposed to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters in the play |
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Dialogue
a conversation between two or more people in a play, movie, or book |
foreshadowing
hints leading up to an event in the future |
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Comic relief
comics in a literacy that offset more serious topics |
dramatic foil
a character that contrasts with the protagonist |
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oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
dramatic irony
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite |
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extended metaphor
a comparison through out a long passage |
motif
a distinctive domain of a literacy |
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pun
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word |
monologue
long speech |
