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| 8989150559 | Act | A major unit of action in a drama or play. Each act can be further divided into smaller sections called scenes. | 0 | |
| 8989150560 | Allusion | A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in hisotry or another work of litearture. Allusions are often indirect or brief references to wellknown characters or events. | 1 | |
| 8994485122 | Analogy | A comparison of two or more like objects that suggests if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well. | 2 | |
| 8994485123 | Antagonist | A character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way. The antagonist doesn't necessarily have to be a person. It could be death, the devil, an illness, or any challenge that prevents the main character from living "happily ever after". | 3 | |
| 8994485124 | Aside | An actor's speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage. An aside is used to let the audience know what a character is about to do or what he or she is thinking. | 4 | |
| 8994486622 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter. | 5 | |
| 8994486623 | Climax | The turning point, point go maximum interest, and highest tension in the plot of a story, play, or film. The climax usually occurs towards the end of the story after the reader has understood the conflict and become emotional involved with the character. At the climax, the conflict is resolved, and the outcome of the plot becomes clear. | 6 | |
| 8994486624 | Couplet | A rhymed pair of lines in a poem. | 7 | |
| 8994486625 | Denouement | Aka resolution. Occurs after the climax and is where conflicts are resolved and loose ends are tied up. | 8 | |
| 8994487965 | Dialogue | The conversation between characters in a drama or narrative. A dialogue occurs in most works of literature. | 9 | |
| 8994487966 | Drama | A drama or play is a form of literature meant to be performed by actors before an audience. In a drama, the characters' dialogue and actions tell the story. | 10 | |
| 8994487967 | Dramatic Monologue | A literary device that is used when a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings, those that are hidden throughout the course of the story line, through a poem or a speech. This speech, where only one character speaks, is recited while other characters are present onstage. This monologue often comes during a climactic moment in a work and often reveals hidden truths about a character, their history and their relationships. | 11 | |
| 8994488939 | Exposition | Introduces the characters and the conflicts they face. | 12 | |
| 8994488940 | Falling Action | The end of the central conflict in a story, when the action starts to wind down. | 13 | |
| 8994488941 | Foil | A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story. | 14 | |
| 8994488942 | Hero | A character whose actions are inspiring or noble; often the main character in a story. | 15 | |
| 8994490010 | Heroic Couplet | Aka closed couplet. A couplet consisting of two successive rhyming lines that contain a complete thought. | 16 | |
| 8994490011 | Iambic Pentameter | A metrical line of five feet or units, each made up of an unstressed and then a stressed syllable. It consists first of an octave, or eight lines, which asks a question or states a problem or proposition and follows the rhyme scheme a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a,. The sestet, or last six lines, offers and answer, or a resolution to the proposed problem, and follows the rhyme scheme c-d-e-c-d-e. | 17 | |
| 8994491327 | Oxymoron | A form of figurative language combining contradictory words or ideas (ex: jumbo shrimp, bitter sweet) | 18 | |
| 8994491328 | Paradox | A statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless, true. | 19 | |
| 8994491329 | Protagonist | Main character in a story | 20 | |
| 8994491330 | Resolution | Aka denouement. Occurs after the climax and is where conflicts are resolved and loose ends are tied up. | 21 | |
| 8994491331 | Sarcasm | The use of praise to mock someone or something; the use of mockery or verbal irony. | 22 | |
| 8994492452 | Scene | A section in a play presenting events that occur in one place at one time. | 23 | |
| 8994492453 | Setting | The time, place, physical details, and circumstances in which a story occurs. Setting include the background, atmosphere or environment in which characters live and move, and usually include physical characteristics of the surroundings. Settings enable the reader to better envision how a story unfolds by relating necessary physical details of a piece of literature. | 24 | |
| 8994492454 | Soliloquy | A speech delivered by a character who is alone on the stage. | 25 | |
| 8994493771 | Stage Directions | The instructions to the actors, director and stage crew in the script of a play. | 26 | |
| 8994493772 | Subplot | An additional minor plot that involves a secondary conflict in the story; the subplot may or may not affect the main plot. | 27 | |
| 8994493773 | Suspense | A feeling of growing tension and excitement. Writers create suspense by raising questions in readers' minds about what might happen. | 28 | |
| 8994493774 | Symbolism | Using something specific to stand for something else, especially an idea. A symbol is a person, place, object or action that for something beyond itself. For example, a dove may represent peace. The dove can be seen and peace cannot. | 29 | |
| 8994493775 | Theme | A thought or idea the author presents to the reader about life or human nature. Generally, a theme has to be extracted as the reader explores the passages of a work. | 30 | |
| 8994495071 | Tragedy | A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events. The events in a tragic plot are set in motion by a decision that is often an error in judgement. Events inevitably lead to a disastrous conclusion, usually death. | 31 |
