Flashcards in Poetry & Drama Packet Deck (21)
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Allusion
references to other literary works, particularly mythology
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Aside
conveys information to the audience and to certain characters, but other characters "don't hear"
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Foil
character whose personality or actions are in striking contrast to those of another character (highlights moods or traits)
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Prologue
presented by one actor; introduces audience to conflict, theme, and setting of play.
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Monologue
speech by one character in a play, story, or poem
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Soliloquy
speech that a character in a play makes when he/she is alone
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Comedy
play that begins in trouble and ends in peace
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Tragedy
play that begins calmly and ends in violence
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Catastrophe
resolution of the plot in a tragedy
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Irony
difference between reality and appearance
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Verbal Irony
figure of speech in which there is a contrast between what is said and what is actually meant
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Situational Irony
contrast between what is intended or expected and what actually occurs
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Dramatic Irony
contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true
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Pun
form of wit, not necessarily funny, involving a play on word with two or more meaning
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Paradox
statement that, while apparently self contradictory, is nonetheless essentially true
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Oxymoron
figure of speech which two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression, giving the effect of a condensed paradox
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Colloquialism
word or phrase in everyday use ina. conversation and informal writing, but sometimes inappropriate in a formal essay
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Speaker
imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem; not identified by name; could be anything
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Meter
fixed pattern of accented and umaccented syllables in the lines of a poem that produces its persuasive rhythm
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Iambic Meter
foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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