3710233507 | Allegory | a story with a hidden second meaning for a lot of the material | 0 | |
3710229321 | Artistic Unity | All material of a story helps develop it(no filler) | 1 | |
3710246088 | Aside | A speech in a play from a character to the audience | 2 | |
3710261812 | Catharsis | A term by aristotle to describe the audiences reaction at the end of a tradgedy | 3 | |
3710260175 | Chorus | group of actors speaking in uniscence to convey a message | 4 | |
3710228096 | Commercial Fiction | Fiction written to gain the taste of a wide audience. The better Literature according to a book hater | 5 | |
3710238648 | Denouement | Portion of a plot that reveals the outcome or mysteries | 6 | |
3710232310 | Deus ex machina | When a supernatural figure often from religion fixes everything and saves the day | 7 | |
3710255186 | Didactic | Writing with a purpose to teach: a moral | 8 | |
3710266411 | Dramatic Exposition | A revealment of past actions within the story | 9 | |
3710235119 | Dramatic Irony | Incongruity between what the character thinks and the reader thinks | 10 | |
3710236758 | Editorialize | Instructions for the reader on how to feel about the story or behavior of a character | 11 | |
3710241396 | Exposition | comprehensive description of an idea or theory | 12 | |
3710249237 | Farce | type of comedy but puts more emphasis on the improbable: more violence and physical action | 13 | |
3710235118 | Fantasy | Story with beyond reality situations | 14 | |
3710236760 | Foil | the opposition between two characters or plots | 15 | |
3710261813 | Hamartia | a criminal act committed in ignorance of some material fact or for the greater good. | 16 | |
3710261811 | Hubris | Extreme pride that leads to downfall | 17 | |
3710226990 | Literary Fiction | Seriously powerful work that reveals an aspect of life | 18 | |
3710249236 | Melodrama | Related to a tragedy has a happening which good triumphs evil | 19 | |
3710239789 | Motifs | A repeated idea similar to a theme | 20 | |
3710230925 | Objective | Tells story in third person but does not tell us meanings of characters thoughts | 21 | |
3710239788 | Paradoxical Situation | Something that is possible but if explained are somehow true | 22 | |
3710262926 | Peripeteia | a reversal of cirumstances | 23 | |
3710236759 | poeticize | Writing that uses fancy words to alter the readers feelings | 24 | |
3710246089 | Realistic Drama | Attempts to recreate everyday life within the story | 25 | |
3710252135 | Romantic Comedy | A truly happy comedy. Characters are saved and everything is happy again | 26 | |
3710239790 | Satire | Type of literature that ridicules human folly | 27 | |
3710253585 | Scornful Comedy | A play to ridicule human folly vanity or hypocrisy | 28 | |
3710244475 | Soliloquy | A character in a play expresses ideas aloud | 29 | |
3710233506 | Stock Characters | A character that has presumed attributes: Stereotyped | 30 | |
3710249234 | Tradgedy | opposed to comedy shows events that lead to the downfall of the protagonist | 31 | |
3710264364 | Tragic Hero | virtuous character destined for downfall | 32 |
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