Literary terms9 Word Scramble
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speech | a nonfiction work that is delivered orally to an audience. |
stage directions | notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged |
staging | includes the setting, lighting, costumes, special effects, and music that go into a performance of a drama |
stanza | a group of lines of poetry that are ususally similiar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces. It is like a paragraph of poetry with a single main idea. |
surprise endding | conclusion that is unexpected |
suspense | feeling of anxious uncertainity about the outcome of a literary work. |
symbol | something that stands for or represents something else |
symbolism | can highlight certain elements and add levels of meaning with the use of symbols |
theme | a central message which is usually presented indirectly |
tone | the writer's attitude toward his/her audience and subject. Formal, informal, serious, playful, bitter, ironic, etc. |
tragedy | work of literature escpecially a play that results in a catastrophe for the main character |
universal theme | message about life expressed regularly in different cultures and time periods like courage, love, greed |
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