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28 Cards in this Set
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Tragedy
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The ruin of the leading characters; dismal life for modern characters
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Comedy
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lighter drama in which the leading characters overcome the difficulties that beset them
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Problem Play
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Drama of social criticism discusses social, economic, or political problems
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Farce
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When comedy involves ridiculous or hilarious complications without regard to human values
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Comedy of Manners
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Comedy which wittily portrays fashionable life
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Fantasy
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A play sometimes, not always, in comic spirit which the author gives free reign to his fantasy, without regard to reality
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Melodrama
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Pays almost no attention to human value, like farce, but gives thrills instead of laughs. Has no literary value.
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Medieval mystery
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dealt with Bible stories and allegorical mysteries
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Chronicle plays
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dealt directly with historical scenes and characters
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Masques
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slight playing involving much singing and dancing and costuming. Usually allegorical
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Allusion
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an indirect reference by casually mentioning something that is generally familiar
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Aside
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lines whispered to the audience or to another character on stage...not meant to be heard by everyone
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Catastrophe
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the final even in a drama
(a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy) |
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Comedy
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a light play with a happy ending
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Crisis or Climax
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The turning point in the plot
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Dramatic irony
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when the audience knows something that the character on stage does not
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Foreshadow
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lines that give a hint or clue to future events
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Irony
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A method of expression in which the ordinary meaning of the word is opposite to the thought in the speaker's mind. Events contrary to what is expected.
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Comic relief
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A bit of humor injected into a serious play to relieve heavy tension
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Metaphor
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an implied comparison between two different things
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Metonymy
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a figure of speech whereby the name of a thing is substituted for the attribute which it suggests.
"The pen(literature) is mightier than the sword(force)." |
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Nemesis
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agent of retribution
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Personification
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giving human qualities to inanimate things
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Poetic Justice
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the operation of justice in a play with fair distribution of good deeds and punishment for wrongdoing
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Simile
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comparison using like or as
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Soliloquy
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A single character on a stage thinking aloud
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tragedy
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a serious play having an unhappy ending
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Tragic flaw
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a character trait that leads one to his/her own destruction
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