An opposing force to a protagonist or main character.
Antagonist
A difference in a meaning or sound.
Nuance
An instruction in the text of a play.
Stage Directions
A character who doesn't undergo any changes.
Static Character
The leading character in a fictional text.
Protagonist
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Juxtaposition
Conversation between two or more people in a movie, book, or play.
Dialogue
Indication of what a character is like through actions, speech, etc.
Indirect Characterization
Purification or purgation of the emotions through seeing or writing to someone in literature.
Catharsis
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
Couplet
A long speech by an actor in a movie, book, or drama.
Monologue
Indication of what a character is like through specific looks or phrases.
Direct Characterization
The secondary meaning of a word.
Connotative
A disastrous event in the lives of the main characters that bring them to ruin as a consequence of tragic flaw.
Tragedy
An act of speaking ones thoughts aloud.
Soliloquy
Supports the main character, doesn't go through change, and have recognizable characteristics.
Flat Character
The actual meaning of a word.
Denotative
The portrayal of fictional or nonfictional events through performance of written dialogue.
Drama
A character who undergoes a specific inner change.
Dynamic Character
Main character, undergo changes, and are fully developed to show traits like real people.
Round Character