Antagonist
Adversary/hostile force opposing protagonist. Can be a character, group of characters or a nonhuman entity
Foil
Character with sharp contrasting personality to another character, emphasizing the other characters traits
Soliloquy
Speech a character makes alone on stage reveals private thoughts
Aside
Characters remark not heard by other characters. Private thoughts
Dramatic irony
When the audience knows more than the characters. Builds suspense
Comic relief
Humorous scene or speech relieves tension heightens seriousness of main conflict by contrast
Blank verse
Unrhymed lines iambic pentameter (stress/no stress 5 times)
Pun
Humor, words with similar sounds and different meanings play on words
Shakespeare
1564-1616 1597 Romeo and Juliet
Tragedy
Usually ends in death or downfall of whole family/lose everything
Comedy
Ends happily usually wedding
Tragic Hero
Protagonist. Central character. Usually dies or fails because of character flaws or cruel twist of fate