poetic devices
plot thickens
on the stage
up coming events
tragedy
100
A non-literal extreme exaggeration
What is Hyperbole
100
the gradual buildup of actions/conflicts that lead up to the climax of a story
What is rising action
100
comments that help the actor know what to do/how to speak in a play
What is stage directions
100
a character struggles within himself or herself
What is internal conflict
100
a highly respected character who falls from grace
What is tragic hero
200
using like, as or than to make a non-literal comparison
What is Simile
200
struggle between two separate forces
What is external conflict
200
physical movement of a character during a play
What is gestures
200
a comic scene the interrupts intensely dramatic moments
What is comic relief
200
when the characters in a play experience reversals of fortune and suffering
What is tragedy
300
making a non literal comparison without using like, as or than
What is metaphor
300
the turning point of the action;the moment of intensity that the rising action has created
What is climax
300
a character speaks his or her thoughts alone on a stage
What is soliloguy
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
attaching human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification
400
the sorting out or unraveling of the plot at the end of a play
What is resolution/denouement
400
a lengthy speech in a play delivered to characters or to the audience
What is monologue
400
hints to coming events
What is foreshadowing
400
any action that causes an intensification of the conflict
What is complication.
500
the repetition of becoming consonant sounds in close proximity
What is alliteration
500
the action following the climax that moves the play toward the resolution
What is falling action
500
the action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the falling action
What is castastrophe
500
careful selection and placement of words
What is diction
500
a character the contrasts and parallels the main character
What is foil
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