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Poetic devices
conflict
words that start with "c"
things actors use
plot
100
the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in close proximity
What is alliteration?
100
struggle between two separate forces
What is external conflict
100
the action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the falling action
What is a catastrophe?
100
a lengthy speech in a play delivered to characters or to the audience
What is monologue
100
the action following the climax that moves the play toward the resolution
What is falling action?
200
using like,as, or than to make a non-literal comparison
What is simile?
200
a character struggle within himself or herself
What is internal conflict
200
how writers reveal characters through speech,dress,manners,and actions
What is characterization?
200
comments that help the actor know what to do or how to speak in a play
What is stage direction
200
hints to coming events
What is foreshadowing?
300
making non-literal comparison without using like,as,or than
What is metaphor?
300
when the character in a play experiences reversals of fortune and suffering
What is tragedy
300
the turning point of the action; the moment of intensity that the rising action has created
What is the climax ?
300
physical movement of a character during a play
What is gestures
300
the point at which a character understands their situation as it really is
What is recognition?
400
attaching human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
400
a weakness that causes the fall of the tragic hero
What is tragic flaw
400
a comic scene that interrupts intensely dramatic moments
What is comic relief?
400
careful and placement of words
What is diction
400
the sorting out or unraveling of the plot at the end of the play
What is a resolution?
500
a non-literal extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
a highly respected character who falls from grace
What is tragic hero
500
any action that causes an intensification of the conflict
What is a complication?
500
a character speaks quietly to himself or herself while others are on stage
What is an aside
500
the gradual buildup of actions/conflicts that lead up to the climax of a story
What is rising action?