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25 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds at teh beginning of words
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allusion
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a reference to something in literature or history
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apostrophe
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speaking to someone or somethign that cannot hear or respond; a person talking to a plant, their car or computer
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aside
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a comment made by a character to the audience or another character but not heard by the other characters on stage
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blank verse
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poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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chance happening
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an unlikely or unexpected event or occurence which alters the outcome of the situation; coincidence
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comic relief
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a humorour sene or incident in an otherwise serious or tragic work. Comic relief freaks the tension yet emphasizes teh unfolding tragedy
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compression
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condensation of time; events that take place over the course of five days in real time are condensed into a two hour play
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dramatic irony
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a contrast between what a character believes to be true and what the audience or reader knows is true
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fate
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a power beyond human control that is held to determine what happens
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foreshadowing
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the use of clues in a story to prepare readers for upcoming events or to suggest the story's outcome
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hyperbole
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exaggeration for effect
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imagery
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describes something in terms of one of the five senses
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metaphor
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a direct comparision of unlike things
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words that sound like their meaning
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oxymoron
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a figure of speech consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms
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personification
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something non-human is given human characteristics
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prologue
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a speech, often in verse, addressed to the audience by an actor or chorus at the beginning of a play; introduction
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pun
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play on words, can include words with multiple meanings or words with different meaning sbut similar sounds
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simile
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a comparison of unlike things using the words like or as
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soliloquy
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a long speech revealing the emotions and thoughts of a character who is alone on stage
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sonnet
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a lyric poem of 14 lines (3 quatraings and 1 couplet), written in iambic pentameter with an abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheeme
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tragedy
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a play in which a main character, called the tragic hero, suffers a downfall
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tragic flaw
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character trait that leads to a hero's downfall
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tragic hero
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protagonist who, because of outside forces or a tragic flaw, suffers a downfall
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