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Drama Terms - AP Lit Flashcards

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6303857525DramaA story written to be performed by actors0
6303857526DialogueA conversation between characters1
6303857527Tragedyis a work of literature, especially a play, that results in a catastrophe for the main character(s)2
6303857528Stage directionsNotes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged3
6303857529Monologuea lengthy speech by one character in a play, with other characters listening4
6303857530Soliloquya lengthy speech expressing the thoughts of a character, spoken alone on stage5
6303857531Asidea short line delivered by an actor in a play, intended to be heard by only the audience6
6303857532Foila character who provides a contrast to another character; each character's traits stand out more because they are opposites7
6303857533MotivationA reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves a certain way8
6303857534Free versePoetry not written in a regular rythmical pattern, or meter9
6303857535Blank versePoetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines10
6303857536Rhyme schemeA regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem11
6303857537SonnetA fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter12
6303857538CoupletA pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter13
6303857539MeterA poem's rhythmical pattern14
6303857540AllegoryA story or tale with two or more levels of meaning -- a literal level and one or more symbolic level(s)15
6303857541Extended metaphorA comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem16
6303857542ForeshadowThe use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur17
6303857543SuspenseA feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work18
6303857544Universal themeA message about life that can be understood by most cultures19

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