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14 Cards in this Set
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Act
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a main division of a drama. Shakespeare's plays consist of 5 acts with each acts subdivided into scenes
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Alliteration
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the repetition of the same initial sound in two or more consecutive or closely associated words
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Allusion
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A reference to a literary or historical person or event to explain a present situation.
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Aside
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A brief remark made by a character and intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters
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Comic relief
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A humorous scene or speech in a serious drama which is meant to provide relief from emotional intensity and, by contrast, to heighten the seriousness of the story
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Foreshadowing
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A hint of what is to come in the story. This is often used to keep the audience in a state of expectancy
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Irony
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A contrast between what is and what appears to be. one type of irony is verbal in which a character says one thing and means another. Dramatic irony is in which the audience knows what the characters don't
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech that implies or states a comparison between two unlike things which are similar in some way. Unlike similes metaphors don't use like or as.
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Oxymoron
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A contrast of two contradictory terms for the sake of emphasis. Ex: " A damned saint, an honorable villan."
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.
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Scene
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A small unit of a play in which there is no shift of locale or time
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Simile
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A figure of speech that states a comparison between two essentially unlike things which are similar in one aspect. Similes are introduced by like or as.
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Soliloquy
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A speech given by a character alone on the stage. The purpose of a soliloquy is to let the audience know what the character is feeling or thinking,
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Tragedy
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A type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering. often the main character has a tragic flaw which leads to his or her distruction. Sometimes the conflict is with forces beyond the control of the character- fate, evil in the world.
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