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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aside | a short speech delivered by an actor in a play expressing his/her thoughts |
| Blank | Unrelieved by decorative or other features; bare, empty, or plain. |
| Verse | Noun Writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme |
| allusion | a reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music or art |
| comedy | work of literature, especially a play, that has a happy ending |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| Dramatic irony | occurs when the audience has important information that the characters do not occurs when the audience has important information that the characters do not occurs when the audience has important information that the characters do not occurs wh |
| Foil | Verb Prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding. |
| Greek chorus | Web definitions chorus: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play. |
| Heroic couplet | Noun (in verse) A pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer. |
| lambic pentameter | Web definitions Iambic pentameter is a commonly used metrical line in traditional verse and verse drama |
| situational | The way in which something is positioned |
| irony | Noun The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. |
| verbal iroy | exists when a person says one thing and means another exists when a person says one thing and means another exists when a person says one thing and means another exists when a person says one thing and means another exists when a person says |
| monologue | A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program. |
| protagonist | main character or hero |
| soliloquy | one character on stage thinking aloud alone |
| tragedy | a work of literature, especially a play, that results in catastrophe for the main character |
| tragic flaw | the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall. |
| tragic hero | is the main character in a tragedy. |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which something is spoken of as though it were something else; direct comparison of two unlike things. |
| simile | a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison |
| personifaction | a figure of speech in which something not human is treated as if it were human. |
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