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10 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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a less direct metaphor, using like or as. “He is like a pig.”
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Soliloquy
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a dramatic speech uttered by one character speaking aloud while alone on stage, or while under the impression of being alone.
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Stage directions
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the information provided in addition to the dialogue to help a reader visualize the setting, characters, and action. Usually in italics, are intended for the director, actors, etc.
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Stereotype
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a character who represents a trait generally attributed to a social or racial group and lacks other individualizing traits (the nagging wife, the hard-boiled detective, the hot-headed Italian, etc.
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Suspension of Disbelief
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the demand made of an audience to provide some details with their imagination and to accept the limitations of reality and staging; also the acceptance of the incidents of a plot by a reader.
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Symbol
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anything that stands for or represents something else beyond it, usually an idea conventionally associated with it.
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Tragedy
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a type of drama in which the protagonist, a person of unusual moral or intellectual stature or outstanding abilities, suffers a fall in fortune due to some error of judgment or flaw in his or her nature.
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Tragic Flaw
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the defect of character that brings about the protagonist’s downfall in a tragedy.
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Understatement
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a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is.
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Villain
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the principal evil character in a play or story. The villain is usually the antagonist opposed to the protagonist, but in some cases may be the protagonist himself/herself.
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