Elements of Drama
Literary Device
Grammar Rules
Vocabulary
The Alchemist
100

This is the word for the people intended to view a work.

Audience

100

Comparing two things using words such as like or as. 

Simile

100

A clause has two components: A verb and a... 

Subject

100

Trifle

A small or insignificant detail.

100

The real name for the character "the boy"

Santiago

200

This is the word for something that represents something else in a story.

Symbol

200

Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

Personification

200

A sentence that is missing a subject.

Fragment

200

Abashed

Embarrassed or ashamed

200

The name of the woman Santiago falls in love with arriving to the oasis

Fatima

300

Any action that builds towards the climax of the story.

Dramatic Tension. 

300

A quick or unexplained reference to a well known character, work, or historical event. 

Allusion

300

Identify the issue in the following sentence:


We see this when Ophelia says, "I shall the effect of this good lesson keep." (Shakespeare 63)

We see this when Ophelia says, "I shall the effect of this good lesson keep" (Shakespeare 63).

300

Lament 

An expression of grief or sorrow.

300

The location of Santiago's treasure

In the abandoned church where the story started

400
The attitude of the speaker or the narrator. 

Tone

400

Putting two different things next to each other in order to show contrast.

Juxtaposition 

400

Identify the issue in the following sentence:

Because she was a kind person she gave us an extension on the test.

Because she was a kind person, she gave us an extension on the test.

400

Avid

Great interest or enthusiasm 

400

The meaning of "Maktub"

It is written.

500

The intended feelings for the audience created by the tone or atmosphere on the stage.

Mood

500

A recurring symbol or idea in a story, usually one that ties into a central theme. 

Motif

500

Identify the issue in the following sentence:

I stayed up too late and I overslept the next day.

I stayed up too late, and I overslept the next day 

OR 

I stayed up too late; I overslept the next day.

500

Proprietor

The owner of a business or owner of a property

500
The Alchemist tells Santiago to trade in his camel for a horse because camels are this. 

Traitorous