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15 Cards in this Set
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peruse
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to examine or consider with great attention and detail
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tragedy
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type of literature when the central character suffers disaster or great misfortune (usually do to a tragic flaw)
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dramatic irony
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irony that occurs when the audience or reader knows something that a character of characters do no
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tone
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feelings and emotions that accompany the words (autor's attitude)
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dramatic foil
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a character who highlights or brings out the personality traits of another character in a play
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blank verse
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UNRHYMED verse written in ten syllable lines, where every second syllable is stressed (iambic pentameter)
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soliloquy
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a speech in a play in which a character alone on stage expresses his/her thoughts directly to the audience
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auspicious
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prosperous, favorable
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allusion
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an implied or indirect reference
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personification
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giving nonhuman objects human qualities
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monologue
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lengthy speech addressed to other characters, not to the audience
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pestilence
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a contagious disease; virtulent and devastating
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presage
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a warnign or indication of the future
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inexorable
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not to be persuaded or moved
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prologue
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the preface/introduction to a literary work
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