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Stack #4554213
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| motif | a recurring element in a story to help develop the theme or mood |
| rhetorical appeals | techniques used to persuade an audience |
| ethos | appeals to credibility |
| logos | appeals to logic |
| pathos | appeals to emotion |
| soliloquy | a long speech given by a character alone on stage, revealing inner thoughts |
| aside | a short comment given by a character alone on stage, revealing inner thoughts |
| dramatic irony | when the audience knows something the characters don't |
| situational irony | when what happens is the opposite of what was expected |
| verbal irony | when someone says one thing but usually means the opposite |
| foil | a character who contrasts with another character |
| round character | a well-developed character that changes and grows |
| flat character | a one-dimensional character that does not change |
| tragic hero | a noble protagonist that has a fatal flaw that leads to their downfall |
| connotation | the emotional or cultural meaning to a word |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement used for emphasis or effect |
| parallelism | the repetition of grammatical structures used in writing to create rhythm |
| epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences |
| metaphor | a direct comparison between two things without like or as |
| simile | a comparison with like or as |
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