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26 Cards in this Set
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Tragedy |
DEF- A lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event LE- misfortune |
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Exposition |
DEF- A large scale public exhibition or show LE- Presentation |
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Rising action |
DEF- a related series of incidents that lead to the climax pf the story LE- critical point |
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turning point |
DEF- a point at which a decisive change takes place LE-critical point |
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Falling action |
DEF-the point in a literary story at which the conflict and the climax are over |
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climax |
DEF-the most intense point in a literary story LE-top |
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Resolution or denouement |
DEF- the act of resolving or determining apon an action LE- Hamlet |
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Meter |
DEF- poetic measurement LE- twelfth night |
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blank verse |
DEF- unrhymed verse Le- mending walls |
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iambic pentameter |
DEF- a common meter in poetry LE- Romeo and Juliet |
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drama |
DEF- any situation having vivid or emotional results LE- star wars |
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tragedy |
DEF- a dreadful or fatal calamity LE- Romeo and Juliet |
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tragic flaw |
DEF- the character defect that causes the down fall of the story LE- Romeo in Romeo and Juliet |
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dramatic foil |
DEF- a character that shares the same traits as the main character LE- Romeo and Juliet |
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sonnet |
DEF- a poem with 14 lines LE- vissions |
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couplet |
DEf- a pair of successive lines in a verse LE- One Happy moment |
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Soliloquy |
DEF- talking to your self LE- hamlet |
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Aside |
DEF- on or to one side LE- a term used in a drama or poetry |
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Monologue |
DEF- a form of dramatic entreatment LE- The love song |
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mood |
DEF- a state or quality at a certain time LE- Romeo and Juliet |
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tone |
DEF- any sound considered by its quality LE- the roads not taken |
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Allusion |
DEF- a passing or casual reference LE- paradise lost |
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foreshadowing |
DEF-to show or indicate beforehand LE- Great expectaions |
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theme |
DEF- a unifying or dominant idea LE-hamlet |
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pun |
DEF- the harmonious use of a word LE- importance of being earnest |
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oxymoron |
DEF- a figure of speech by which a location produces an incongruous LE- Romeo and juliet |
