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| Occurs when a person says one thing but means something completly different |
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| Occurs when what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen |
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| Occurs when the reader knows something the characters don't. (Horror Movie) |
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| Occurs when the reader knows something the characters don't. (Horror Movie) |
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| One-dimensional character. He or she is not devoloped in the story |
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| Character who develops in the story. Character who is shown in many lights |
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| Character who stays fundamentally the same throughout the work |
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| Character who undergoes a permanent change in some aspect of character or outlook |
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| A minor character whose situation or actions parallel those of a major character, and thus by contrast sets off or illuminates the major character. Most often the contrast is complimtary to the major character. |
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| A character who acts as a mediator (or go-between) between two characters. (Messenger) (nurse in Romeo and Juliet) |
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| A figure of speech that combines opposite terms. E.g ("sweet sorrow", "loving hate") |
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| A statement that seems wrong but that actually may be true. E.g " Deceit should dwell in such a goreous place) |
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| A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. (Greek and Roman mythology) |
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| A tupe of figurative language in which a non-human subject if given human characteristics. |
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| The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meaning at the same time. E.g ('We've run out of lemons', she said bitterly.) |
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| The use of hints or clues to sugges what action is to come |
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| Over exaggeration; A deliberate exxageration or overstatement |
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| Language that appeals to any sense or any combination of the senses |
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| A direct address to a dead person or to an inanimate object. Allows the speaker to think aloud. |
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| A short speech delivered by an actor in a play. Traditionally, the aside is directed to the audience and is presumed to be inaudible to the other actors |
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| A conversation between characters. It is used to reveal character and advance action. |
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| A speech by one character in a play, story, or poem |
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| A section of introductory material before the drama begins |
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| A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character. Alone on the stage. |
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| Two consecutive lines of poetry that ryme |
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| Two consecutive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter |
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| A 14-line poem writtern in iambic pentameter that can be broken into 3 quatrains and a ryming couplet. |
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| A group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout the poem |
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| the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a verse |
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