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7243524845archetypean abstract or ideal conception or a type; a perfectly typical example0
7243524846dénouementthe resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction1
7243524847dramatic ironya situation where the audience or reader knows more than the characters2
7243524848expositionthe background and events that lead to the presentation of the main idea or purpose of a work3
7243524849flashbacka return to an earlier time4
7243524850ironya mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often involving sarcasm5
7243524851moodthe emotional tone6
7243524852motifa one-worded theme7
7243524853plotthe interrelationship among the events of a story8
7243524854realismdepiction without exaggeration9
7243524855subplota minor collection of events usually tied to the main story10
7243524856subtextthe implied meaning that underlies the main meaning11
7243524857thememain idea or meaning12
7243524858verbal ironya discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written/spoken words13
7243524859voicethe real or assumed personality used by a writer or speaker14
7243524860monologuea long speech by a single person in conversation15
7243524861soliloquya long speech by a single person to themselves16
7243524862asidea remark by a character in a play to the audience or themselves that is not heard by the other characters17

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