Poetic Devices
Plot
Characters
Actions of Charaters
Tragedy
100
Attaching human characteristics to non-human things
What is Personification?
100
hints to coming events
What is Foreshadowing?
100
How writers reveal characters through speech, dress, manners, and actions
What is Characterization?
100
Physical movement of a character during a play
What is Gestures?
100
All the main characters die by the end of one of these types of plays, is a example of
What is Tragedy?
200
using like,as,or than to make a non-literal comparison
What is Simile?
200
The gradual buildup of actions/conflicts that lead up to the climax of a story
What is Rising Action?
200
Character struggles within himself or herself
What is Internal Conflict?
200
A character speaks quietly to himself/herself while others are on stage
What is Aside?
200
A comic scene that interrupts intensely dramatic moments
What is Comic Relief?
300
Making a non-literal comparison on without using like or as
What is Metaphor?
300
After the murder of Duncan and the banquet,the plot moves to the end, is a example of
What is Falling Action?
300
Struggle between two separate forces
What is External Conflict?
300
The point at which a character understands his or her situation as it really is
What is Recognition?
300
A weakness that causes the fall of the tragic hero
What is Tragic Flaw?
400
"Thy crown does scar mine eye-balls." is a example of
What is Hyperbole?
400
Macbeth's murder of Duncan represents a point after which Macbeth cannot return, is a example of
What is Climax?
400
Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, are examples of
What is Tragic Hero?
400
In Act 1, the sergeant gives a long speech about how the battle was won, is a example of
What is Monologue?
400
Malcolm escapes to England, which causes Macbeth to be unable to kill him, is a example of
What is Complication?
500
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in close proximity
What is Alliteration?
500
The sorting out or unraveling of the plot at the end of the play
What is Resolution?
500
A character that contrasts and parallels the main character
What is Foil?
500
Character speaks his or her thoughts alone on stage
What is Soliloquy?
500
The action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the falling action
What is Catastrophe?
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