6303857525 | Drama | A story written to be performed by actors | 0 | |
6303857526 | Dialogue | A conversation between characters | 1 | |
6303857527 | Tragedy | is a work of literature, especially a play, that results in a catastrophe for the main character(s) | ![]() | 2 |
6303857528 | Stage directions | Notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged | 3 | |
6303857529 | Monologue | a lengthy speech by one character in a play, with other characters listening | 4 | |
6303857530 | Soliloquy | a lengthy speech expressing the thoughts of a character, spoken alone on stage | 5 | |
6303857531 | Aside | a short line delivered by an actor in a play, intended to be heard by only the audience | 6 | |
6303857532 | Foil | a character who provides a contrast to another character; each character's traits stand out more because they are opposites | 7 | |
6303857533 | Motivation | A reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves a certain way | 8 | |
6303857534 | Free verse | Poetry not written in a regular rythmical pattern, or meter | 9 | |
6303857535 | Blank verse | Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines | ![]() | 10 |
6303857536 | Rhyme scheme | A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | ![]() | 11 |
6303857537 | Sonnet | A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter | ![]() | 12 |
6303857538 | Couplet | A pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter | ![]() | 13 |
6303857539 | Meter | A poem's rhythmical pattern | 14 | |
6303857540 | Allegory | A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning -- a literal level and one or more symbolic level(s) | 15 | |
6303857541 | Extended metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 16 | |
6303857542 | Foreshadow | The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur | 17 | |
6303857543 | Suspense | A feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work | 18 | |
6303857544 | Universal theme | A message about life that can be understood by most cultures | 19 |
Drama Terms - AP Lit Flashcards
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