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Unit 1 Lit Vocab
Collections Unit 5 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What gives readers,actors, etc impt details that explain what's happening in the play? | stage directions |
| What includes info about the time and place of action? | setting |
| What is the way in which a literary work is arranged or organized? | structure |
| What is a major section of a play that is similar to a chapter in a book called? | act |
| What is a act that can be divided into smaller sections? | scenes |
| What is the written conversation between 2 or more characters? | dialogue |
| What is an object, person, or place that can stand for something beyond itself? | symbol |
| What is a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect? | hyperbole |
| What are dictionary definitions of words called? | denotation |
| What are feelings or ideas that are associated with words called? | connotation |
| What is an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of individual words? | idiom |
| What is a humorous play on words called? | pun |
| What is a comparison between 2 things that are alike in some way? | analogy? |
| What do playwrights use to describe events in which they occurred? | chronological order |
| What is the way in which characters reveal themselves using personal qualities called? | character traits |
| What is a special contrast between appearance and reality? | irony |
| What figure of speech compares 2 unlike things and uses the words "like" or "as"? | simile |
| What is a comparison between things that are basically unlike but does not contain "like" or "as"? | metaphor |
| What is the attitude that a character expresses toward a subject or another character? | tone |
| Through what does a playwright contrast what readers or characters expect with what actually exists or happens? | situational irony |
| Through what does a playwright use in which the reader or audience knows something that a character does not. | dramatic irony |
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