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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 |