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1st 20 terms; Mr. Killion

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show an author of plays  
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show a written copy of plays  
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show large sections of the play, like chapters in a book  
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scene   show
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show the words spoken aloud by the characters  
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stage directions   show
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monologue   show
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dialogue   show
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show words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are not "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play  
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soliloquy   show
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chorus   show
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show an actor, derived from Thespis the first actor to step out of the chorus to play a character  
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show a type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worse; in tragedy, catastrophe and suffering await many of the characters, especially the hero  
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tragic hero   show
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show a weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero  
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show excessive pride, this is a very common tragic flaw of the protagonists in tragedies  
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show the action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the denouncement or falling action of a play  
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catharsis   show
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show a customary feature of a literary work, such as the use of a chorus in Greek tragedy. Literary conventions are defining features of particular literary genres.  
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show when the audience knows more than the characters do  
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