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Unit 4 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Drama | a play written for stage, radio, film, or television usually about a serious topic or situation |
| Tragedy | a dramatic play that tells the story of a character , usually of a noble birth, who meets an untimely and unhappy death or downfall, often because of a character flaw or twist of fate |
| Monologue | a dramatic speech delivered by a single character in a play |
| Interpretation | the act of making meaning from something, such as a text. |
| Theatrical Elements | physical, visual, and oral means the director uses to convey meaning |
| Metacognition | the ability to know and be aware of one's own thought processes |
| Hyperbole | a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong feeling |
| Allusion | refers to a literary, historical, of cultural moment figure, or event |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that compares two or more unlike things not using like or as |
| Personification | a figure of speech that describes an object as if it were a living creature |
| Simile | a figure of speech that compares two or more unlike things using like or as |
| Protagonist | the central character in a work of literature, the one who is involved in the main conflict of the plot |
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