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22 Cards in this Set
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Drama |
the art dealing with the writing and production of plays |
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Soliloquy |
the act of talking while or as if alone |
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Aside |
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience. |
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Comic Relief |
an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action. |
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Imagery |
the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively |
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Metaphor |
a comparison in literature that lacks the words "like" or "as". |
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Rhetorical Shift |
a change or movement in a piece from one point or idea to another |
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Alliteration |
the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter. |
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Paradox |
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
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Couplet |
a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length. |
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Tragedy |
a dramatic composition dealing with a serious theme, typically involving a great person destined to experience downfall or utter destruction. |
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Monologue |
a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker. |
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Pun |
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications. |
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Iambic Pentameter |
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable. |
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Simile |
a comparison using the words "like" or "as". |
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Stanza |
an arrangement of a certain number of lines forming a division of a poem. |
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Blank Verse |
an unrhymed verse in an iambic pentameter piece of literature |
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Dramatic Irony |
irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. |
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Prologue |
an introductory scene, preceding the first act of a play, opera, etc. |
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Oxymoron |
a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” |
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Dramatic Irony |
when the audience knows something the characters do not. |
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Personification |
when non-human things are given human characteristics. |
