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fileName "Literary terms"
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What is an act?
A main division of drama
What is alliteration?
The repetion of of the same intial consanant sound in two or more consecutive or closely associated words
Allusion
A reference to a literary or historical person or event to explain a present situation
Aside
A brief remark made by a character which is ment to be heard by the audience or another character
Atmosphere
Mood established by events, places, or situation
Comic relief
A humorous scene or speech in a serious drama which is ment to provide relief from emotional intensity
Foreshadowing
A hint of what is to come
Imagery
Words or phrases that appeal to the senses
Irony
A contrast between what is and what appears to be types include verbal and dramatic
Metaphor
A figure of speech that implies or states a comparision between two unlike things which are similar in some way
Oxymoron
A combination of two contradictory terms for sake of emphasis
Personification
A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributated to inamimate obejects animals or ideas
Rhetoric
The art of persuasion
Scene
A small unit of an act in a play in which there is no shift of locale or time
Simile
a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as
Soliloquy
A speech given by a character alone on the stage to let the audience know what the character is thinking and feeling
Tragedy
A type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering
Parrallel structure
Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance
Antithesis
Two sentences of contrasting meaning
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2012-02-10T05:45:06Z
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