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Shakespeare

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The lines spoken by an actor that the other characters on stage supposedly can not hear; an aside usually hares the character's inner thoughts with the audience.   Aside  
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The part of the theater where the actors prepare to go onstage, where the scenery is kept, and so on.   Backstage  
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The entire company of actors performing in a play.   Cast  
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A fictional person or creature in a story or play.   Character  
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The outcome of the main conflict of a play or novel.   Climax  
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A funny play, film or TV show that has a happy ending.   Comedy  
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The struggle between characters, forces or ideas at the center of a story.   Conflict  
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The words spoken by the characters in a novel or play.   Dialogue  
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A story usually not a comedy, especially written to be performed by actors in a play or movie.   Drama  
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It is something that happens; a specific occurrence.   Event  
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Colorful wording that is not meant to be taken literally, but is used to form a colorful, sharp picure in one's mind.   Figurative Language  
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A short reading that presents and explains a novel or play.   Introduction  
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The internal or external force that makes a character do something.   Motive  
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A section of a written work that ranges from one line to several paragraphs.   Passage  
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The author of a play   Playwright  
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The chain of events in a story or play that leads to its final outcome   Plot  
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The mental position from which a character sees the events of the story unfold.   Point of View  
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An introduction to a play that comes before the first act.   Prologue  
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A passage quoted; the exact words spoken by a character; the words set-off by quotation marks   Quotation  
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The part that an actor performs in a play.   Role  
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The time-order in which story events take place.   Sequence  
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Where and when the story events take place.   Setting  
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A speech in a play in which a character tells his or her thoughts to the audience; as if talking to himself or herself.   Soliloquy  
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A person or thing that stands for or represents something else.   Symbol  
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The central meaning of a play or novel; the main idea.   Theme  
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A serious play with a sad ending.   Tragedy  
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