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When magic is conveyed into a real scenario
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| The opposite of another character |
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| Over-exaggerated statement |
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| Witty comment that has a deeper meaning |
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| When the whole story is a symbol |
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| Something that stands for something else |
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| Saying something and meaning something else |
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| Audience knows something that the characters do not |
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| When something happens it is the opposite of what you expected |
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| Producing feelings of sorrow |
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| Sudden reversal of fortune |
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| Local accent conveyed through text |
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| A story within another story |
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| An introduction to a story |
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| A reference to an outside thing |
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| When the author writes in third person (no he/she/it ... etc.) |
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| The main character that is trying to get somewhere |
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| A hyperbole in the farm of a drawing |
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| The dictionary definition of a word |
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| The meaning of a word or phrase based on the context that surrounds it |
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| Making a small deal about something that is big |
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| Writing that appeals to the senses |
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| When a character misuses words but does not know he/she is doing so (e.g. Dogberry) |
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| High to low within 24 hours, and the hero has a tragic flaw |
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| The use of two words, which mean the opposites of each other (e.g. civil war) |
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| Going through a transformation (manning up) |
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| A joke that has truth to it (dark criticizing humor) |
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| Means "In the Middle Of Things" |
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| The repetition of a phrase over and over again |
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| The repetition of a vowel |
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| A comparison between two objects |
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| Can't change place or time |
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| Biggest division in a play that can change time and place |
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| Repeating words at the end of a line |
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| A statement that broadly, yet specifically says what something will be about |
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| When a character speaks to the audience and the other characters can't hear the words spoken |
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| A comparison using "like" and "as" |
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| An extension of a name with a hyphen (Gray-eyed Athena) |
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| Head-to-toe analysis of a person |
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| The highest point of a story |
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| A solo for a character where he/she speaks to the audience |
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| After sadness, a joke is said to lighten the mood |
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| A break between words in a metric foot |
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| When a character makes a significant self-discovery |
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| A work intended for entertainment that usually ends with a happy ending |
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| The struggle within the plot between opposing forces |
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| A form of humor based on exaggeration |
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| The release of emotions at the end of a tragedy |
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| The character that gives rise to the conflict and opposes the protagonist |
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| A group of people who serve as commentators on what happens (Greek Tragedies) |
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| The flaw that brings a tragic hero to misfortune |
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| Rapid-fire dialog between two characters |
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| An extended, long simile with detail |
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| A main character in an epic whose actions are important towards his/her nation |
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| "God In the Machine" - When god intervenes to save the day |
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| A fine or gracious gesture |
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| A rhetorical device where parts of a composition are balanced for parts of equal importance |
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| The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a series of words |
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| When a poem's line ends w/o a pause and continues to the next for meaning |
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| A form of a metaphor when human attributes are given to non-human things |
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