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| 14679835320 | act | A major division of a play | 0 | |
| 14679835321 | Antagonist | A character or force in conflict with the main character | 1 | |
| 14679839185 | aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage | 2 | |
| 14679841658 | catastrophe | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | 3 | |
| 14679843518 | Catharsis | the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. | 4 | |
| 14679846176 | dynamic character | a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude | 5 | |
| 14679849419 | flat character | A character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story | 6 | |
| 14679851351 | round character | this character is fully developed - the writer reveals good and bad traits as well as background | 7 | |
| 14679853442 | Climax | the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex. | 8 | |
| 14679854814 | comedy | A literary work which ends happily because the hero or heroine is able to overcome obstacles and get what he or she wants. | 9 | |
| 14679857191 | comic relief | A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood | 10 | |
| 14679861473 | Conflict | A struggle between opposing forces | 11 | |
| 14679862631 | crisis | a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger | 12 | |
| 14679865046 | denouement | the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. | 13 | |
| 14679866658 | epilogue | short speech at conclusion of dramatic work | 14 | |
| 14679868467 | Exposition | a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. | 15 | |
| 14679869490 | falling action | the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved | 16 | |
| 14701627335 | farce | A comedy that contains an extravagant and nonsensical disregard of seriousness, although it may have a serious, scornful purpose. | 17 | |
| 14701627892 | Foil | A character who acts as a contrast to another character | 18 | |
| 14701629955 | hero | an inspiring character who demonstrates honor and integrity and does noble deeds | 19 | |
| 14701629956 | Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence | 20 | |
| 14701630379 | Monologue | (n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person | 21 | |
| 14701631036 | Prologue | A speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event | 22 | |
| 14701631785 | Protagonist | Main character in a story | 23 | |
| 14701631786 | rising action | A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax. | 24 | |
| 14701632171 | scene | A subdivision of an act in a play | 25 | |
| 14701636453 | Soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 26 | |
| 14701636454 | Tragedy | a play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character. | 27 | |
| 14701636817 | tragic flaw | A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero. | 28 | |
| 14701637223 | villain | an evil or wicked person or character, especially in a story or play | 29 | |
| 14701638355 | hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | 30 | |
| 14701638356 | metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 31 | |
| 14701639362 | anomatopoeia | refers to words that sound like what they mean | 32 | |
| 14701639363 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 33 | |
| 14701639967 | simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 34 | |
| 14701639968 | symbol | A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract. | 35 | |
| 15044659078 | Antiromantic | contradicting or rejecting romantic aesthetics or sensibilities | 36 | |
| 15044660483 | Animistic | the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls | 37 | |
| 15044666222 | circumspect | careful, cautious | 38 | |
| 15044666819 | Pathos | a quality that evokes pity or sadness | 39 | |
| 16006282097 | anticlimax | a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events | 40 | |
| 16006285086 | mock heroic style | when language that is usually used to describe heroes is used to describe an obviously ordinary character | 41 | |
| 16006285087 | dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't | 42 | |
| 16006290091 | Surrealism | An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images | 43 | |
| 16006313182 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 44 | |
| 16006330417 | Paradox | A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. | 45 | |
| 16006330418 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 46 |
