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Literary terms9
R 18 speech-universal theme
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| speech | a nonfiction work that is delivered orally to an audience. |
| stage directions | notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged |
| staging | includes the setting, lighting, costumes, special effects, and music that go into a performance of a drama |
| stanza | a group of lines of poetry that are ususally similiar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces. It is like a paragraph of poetry with a single main idea. |
| surprise endding | conclusion that is unexpected |
| suspense | feeling of anxious uncertainity about the outcome of a literary work. |
| symbol | something that stands for or represents something else |
| symbolism | can highlight certain elements and add levels of meaning with the use of symbols |
| theme | a central message which is usually presented indirectly |
| tone | the writer's attitude toward his/her audience and subject. Formal, informal, serious, playful, bitter, ironic, etc. |
| tragedy | work of literature escpecially a play that results in a catastrophe for the main character |
| universal theme | message about life expressed regularly in different cultures and time periods like courage, love, greed |
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