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| An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience or to another character. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. ... An aside is usually a brief comment, rather than a speech, ... |
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| Couplet, a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse |
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| a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character. |
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| Monologue is an long speech by one person addressed to other characters |
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| An oxymoron is a self-contradicting word or group of words (as in Shakespeare's line from Romeo and Juliet, "Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!") |
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A pun is a literary device that is also known as a “play on words.” Puns involve words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings.
Example: I have to go change my clothes for the close of the show. or You can tell a dogwood tree by its bark. |
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| a long speech in which a character expresses his thoughts or feelings aloud while alone upon the stage |
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| a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. |
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| were the story takes place |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
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| a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. |
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| the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. |
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| when you say something different than what you mean |
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| compair useing like or as |
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| compair not useing like or as |
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| a temporary state of mind or feeling. |
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| the piece of a story that leads up to the most exciting part—the climax |
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| the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. |
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| a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. |
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| a firm decision to do or not to do something. |
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| be a warning or indication of a future event. |
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| the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution |
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| the piece of a story that leads up to the most exciting part—the climax |
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| takes place when the opposite of what is expected actually happens |
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| the moment, event, or decision that thrusts the main character into the action of a story |
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