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| 7017278852 | Ad Hominem | of an argument or reaction; directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining. "vicious ad hominem attacks"; relating to or associated with a particular person | 0 | |
| 7017278853 | Comedy of Ideas | the "comedy of ideas" is the highest form of comedic drama. The comedy of ideas pits pure concepts against each other. | 1 | |
| 7017278854 | Comedy of Manners | a comedy that satirizes behavior in a particular social group, especially the upper classes. | 2 | |
| 7017278855 | Complication | The part of the plot in which the conflict is developed | 3 | |
| 7017278856 | Dirimens Copulatto | a statement (or a series of statements) that balances one idea with a contrasting idea. | 4 | |
| 7017278857 | Metaphysical | relating to ideas about life, existence, and other things that are not part of the physical world | 5 | |
| 7017278858 | Non-sequitur | a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement. | 6 | |
| 7017278859 | Poetic Justice | an ideal form of justice in which the good characters are rewarded and the bad characters are punished by an ironic twist of their fate. | 7 | |
| 7017278860 | Pun | a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings | 8 | |
| 7017278861 | Supposition | an idea or theory that you believe is true even though you do not have proof | 9 | |
| 7017278862 | Theater of the Absurd | Avant-garde drama movement originating in the 1950s in Europe with dramatists such as Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Jean Genet (1910-1986), and Eugene Ionesco (1912-1994). Influenced philosophically by Existentialism, they expressed a worldview in which there was no God, and life was meaningless. They had no faith in logic or rational communication, feeling that attempts to construe meanings broke down into absurdity - 'absurd' in this context meaning 'out of harmony' rather than 'ridiculous'. | 10 | |
| 7017278863 | Zeugma | a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g.,John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ). | 11 | |
| 7017278864 | Freytag Pyramid | Dramatic structure (also called Freytag's pyramid) is the structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film. (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution). | 12 | |
| 7017278865 | Minimalism | A style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity | 13 | |
| 7017278866 | Absurd | Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense | 14 | |
| 7017278867 | Adroit | Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought | 15 | |
| 7017278868 | Aesthetic | Characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste | 16 | |
| 7017278869 | Earnest | Characterized by a firm, humorless belief in one's opinions | 17 | |
| 7017278870 | Efficacious | Giving the power to produce an intended effect | 18 | |
| 7017278871 | Etiquette | Rules governing socially acceptable behavior | 19 | |
| 7017278872 | Serendipitous | Lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries | 20 | |
| 7017278873 | Ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | 21 | |
| 7017278874 | Ambivalence | uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things | 22 | |
| 7017278875 | Antagonist | The character, force, or collection of forces n fiction or drama that opposes the protagonist and gives rise to the conflict of the story | 23 | |
| 7017278876 | Climax | From the reader's perspective, the climax is the highest point of emotional intensity in a story. It usually marks the turning point in the protagonist's fortunes and the major crisis in the story. | 24 | |
| 7017278877 | Comic Relief | Humor that provides a release of tension and breaks up a more serious episode | 25 | |
| 7017278878 | Conflict | A conflict is a struggle between opposing characters or forces, usually between the protagonist and someone or something else. All conflicts are either external (physical) or internal (emotional, moral, psychological) | 26 | |
| 7017278879 | Denouement | The outcome or clarification at the end of a story or play | 27 | |
| 7017278880 | Dramatic Irony | In dramatic irony the contrast is between what a character says or thinks and what the readers knows to be true | 28 | |
| 7017278881 | Exaggeration | A statement that makes something worse or better than it really is | 29 | |
| 7017278882 | Exposition | The background information provided by the author to further the plot, conflict, setting, and characterization is called exposition | 30 | |
| 7017278883 | Farce | A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. | 31 | |
| 7017278884 | Foil | A character foil is a character whose behavior, attitudes, and opinions are in contrast to those of the protagonist. He/She helps the reader to understand better the character of the protagonist. | 32 | |
| 7017278885 | Hyperbole | Use of specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect | 33 | |
| 7017278886 | Monologue | A speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience | 34 | |
| 7017278887 | Polysyndeton | The repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses. | 35 | |
| 7017278888 | Pragmatic | Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations | 36 | |
| 7017278889 | Resolution | The resolution is the solving of all of the conflicts in the story | 37 | |
| 7017278890 | Rising Action | The rising action consists of the events preceding the climax. During this stage of the story, background information is given, conflicts are introduced, and suspense is built up. There may even be moments of crisis. Because it accomplishes so much, the rising action is always longer than the falling action of a story | 38 | |
| 7017278891 | Satire | A kind of literature that ridicules human folly or vice with the purpose of bringing about reform or of keeping others from falling into similar folly or vice | 39 | |
| 7017278892 | Situational Irony | The discrepancy is between appearance and reality, or between expectation and fulfillment, or between what is and what would seem appropriate | 40 | |
| 7017278893 | Soliloquy | The utterance of a character who is talking to himself or herself and who is unaware of any hearers who may be present. It is used in drama to allow the audience insight into a character's innermost feelings or to give the audience essential information. | 41 | |
| 7017278894 | Subplot | A subplot is a minor storyline, secondary to the main plot. Subplots may be related or unrelated to the main plot. | 42 | |
| 7017278895 | Verbal Irony | Occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to. It is an intentional product of the speaker and is contradictory to his/her emotions and actions. | 43 | |
| 7017278896 | Wit | Form of intellectual humor; the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. | 44 |
