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3710233507Allegorya story with a hidden second meaning for a lot of the material0
3710229321Artistic UnityAll material of a story helps develop it(no filler)1
3710246088AsideA speech in a play from a character to the audience2
3710261812CatharsisA term by aristotle to describe the audiences reaction at the end of a tradgedy3
3710260175Chorusgroup of actors speaking in uniscence to convey a message4
3710228096Commercial FictionFiction written to gain the taste of a wide audience. The better Literature according to a book hater5
3710238648DenouementPortion of a plot that reveals the outcome or mysteries6
3710232310Deus ex machinaWhen a supernatural figure often from religion fixes everything and saves the day7
3710255186DidacticWriting with a purpose to teach: a moral8
3710266411Dramatic ExpositionA revealment of past actions within the story9
3710235119Dramatic IronyIncongruity between what the character thinks and the reader thinks10
3710236758EditorializeInstructions for the reader on how to feel about the story or behavior of a character11
3710241396Expositioncomprehensive description of an idea or theory12
3710249237Farcetype of comedy but puts more emphasis on the improbable: more violence and physical action13
3710235118FantasyStory with beyond reality situations14
3710236760Foilthe opposition between two characters or plots15
3710261813Hamartiaa criminal act committed in ignorance of some material fact or for the greater good.16
3710261811HubrisExtreme pride that leads to downfall17
3710226990Literary FictionSeriously powerful work that reveals an aspect of life18
3710249236MelodramaRelated to a tragedy has a happening which good triumphs evil19
3710239789MotifsA repeated idea similar to a theme20
3710230925ObjectiveTells story in third person but does not tell us meanings of characters thoughts21
3710239788Paradoxical SituationSomething that is possible but if explained are somehow true22
3710262926Peripeteiaa reversal of cirumstances23
3710236759poeticizeWriting that uses fancy words to alter the readers feelings24
3710246089Realistic DramaAttempts to recreate everyday life within the story25
3710252135Romantic ComedyA truly happy comedy. Characters are saved and everything is happy again26
3710239790SatireType of literature that ridicules human folly27
3710253585Scornful ComedyA play to ridicule human folly vanity or hypocrisy28
3710244475SoliloquyA character in a play expresses ideas aloud29
3710233506Stock CharactersA character that has presumed attributes: Stereotyped30
3710249234Tradgedyopposed to comedy shows events that lead to the downfall of the protagonist31
3710264364Tragic Herovirtuous character destined for downfall32

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