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Allusion: |
a reference to a well known character place or situation from history music art or another work of literature |
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Aside: |
A character says something to the audience that the other characters are unable to hear |
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Blank verse: |
unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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Comedy: |
drama that deals with light and amusing subjects or with serious subjects in a light and familiar manner |
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Complication: |
A series of difficulties forming the central action of a story |
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Conventions: |
Unrealistic devices or procedures the audience agrees to accept |
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Couplet: |
two consecutive lines of rhymed verse that work together as a unit to make a pointer to expresses and idea |
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Crisis: |
AKA turning point a point of a great tension in a narrative that determines haw the action will come out |
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Drama: |
a story written to be performed by characters before an audience |
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Dramatic Irony: |
the reader of audience knows something that the characters will not |
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Imagery: |
Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses |
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Monologue: |
When a character reveals their thoughts and feelings in a speech directed towards another character |
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Solioguy: |
when a character is on stage is alone and reveals important thought and feelings about the action |
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Stage directions: |
how the can also specify details of the setting and scenery and how characters should look speak move and behave |
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Tragedy: |
drama, which the main character suffers from a fall from good fortune |





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