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| 5327212001 | Drama | A story written to be performed by actors |  | 0 |
| 5327212002 | Dialogue | A conversation between characters |  | 1 |
| 5327212003 | Tragedy | is a work of literature, especially a play, that results in a catastrophe for the main character(s) |  | 2 |
| 5327212004 | Stage directions | Notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged |  | 3 |
| 5327212005 | Monologue | a lengthy speech by one character in a play, with other characters listening |  | 4 |
| 5327212006 | Soliloquy | a lengthy speech expressing the thoughts of a character, spoken alone on stage |  | 5 |
| 5327212007 | Aside | a short line delivered by an actor in a play, intended to be heard by only the audience |  | 6 |
| 5327212008 | Foil | a character who provides a contrast to another character; each character's traits stand out more because they are opposites |  | 7 |
| 5327212009 | Motivation | A reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves a certain way |  | 8 |
| 5327212012 | Free verse | Poetry not written in a regular rythmical pattern, or meter |  | 9 |
| 5327212013 | Blank verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines |  | 10 |
| 5327212014 | Rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem |  | 11 |
| 5327212015 | Sonnet | A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter |  | 12 |
| 5327212016 | Couplet | A pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter |  | 13 |
| 5327212017 | Meter | A poem's rhythmcal pattern |  | 14 |
| 5327212021 | Allegory | A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning -- a literal level and one or more symbolic level(s) |  | 15 |
| 5327212024 | Extended metaphor | A writer speaks or writes about a subject as if it were something else |  | 16 |
| 5327212028 | Foreshadow | The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur |  | 17 |
| 5327212029 | Suspense | A feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work |  | 18 |
| 5327212030 | Universal theme | A message about life that can be understood by most cultures |  | 19 |
