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Drama/Christmas Caro

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Act Large division or unit of a play.
Scene A small section of an act or change in setting.
Dramatic Irony Contradiction between what the character thinks and what the character or audience knows to be true.
Soliloquy A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
Aside A remark made to the audience, unheard by other characters. The other characters are present, but unable to hear.
Theme The central idea or message about life revealed in a work of literature.
Prologue Introduction to the play, gives setting and introduces central theme
Stage Directions Notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged.
Foreshadowing The use of clues in a drama that suggest events that have yet to have happened.
Monologue A long uninterrupted speech in drama that is spoken in the presence of other characters.
Mood A feeling created in the reader by an author's style, tone, and choice of details. Mood is about Me.
Tone The author's attitude toward his or her topic.
Plot The series of related events that make up a story
Conflict The struggle between a character and opposing characters or an opposing force
Setting The time and place in which a story occurs
accost to approach and speak unpleasantly to
anonymous not having one's name known
brusque abrupt or blunt in speaking
currency money in any form
incoherent lacking connection;confused
infuriated very angry;enraged
destitute people lacking the necessities of life
workhouse an establishment in which poor people are housed and required to work
abundance rejoices those with wealth are happy
gruel a thin watery food made by boiling ground grain in water or milk
leper a person who has leprosy, a skin disease once thought to be highly contagious
poulterers people who sell poultry; such as chickens and turkeys
Flashback An interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time.
Dialogue A conversation between two or more characters.
Drama A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience.
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