fictional terms

Question 1

sid eby side pairing for the purpose of comparison/contrast

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juxtapostition

Question 2

any person, thing, human, or situation exhibiting an aparently contradictory nature

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paradox

Question 3

believability or degree to which the world of a story is credible

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versimilitude

Question 4

a usually short narrative making an edifyin or cautionary point

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fable

Question 5

the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things in the past

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retrospection

Question 6

story or stories embedded in the main story

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frame

Question 7

a collectivly inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, etc

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archetype

Question 8

being able to be interpreted in multiple ways

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ambiguity

Question 9

allegorical, short story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principal, or moral lesson

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parable

Question 10

a speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of the play

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epilogue

Question 11

character at odds with the hero

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villian

Question 12

an improbable plot device by which the story ends by forced convention

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dues ex machina

Question 13

point when the hero makes a decision or all important discovery

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crisis

Question 14

any person who through contrast underscores the characteristics of another

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foil

Question 15

death of the hero or heroine of a play

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catastrophe

Question 16

introduction

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exposition

Question 17

section in the beginning that gives background information

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prolouge

Question 18

dramatic work with improbable situations and exaggerated characters

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farce

Question 19

a speech where the character reveals his/her thought without addressing the audience and is alone on the stage

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sililoquy

Question 20

final unraveling or an explanation of what has happened

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denouement