Literary Devices For Drama Flashcards

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a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory

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Exposition

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a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication

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Allusion

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a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest

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Rising Action

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short speech heard by the audience but not by the other characters in the play

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Aside

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the turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. Represents the point of greatest tension in the work

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Climax

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a group of character in Greek tragedy (and in later forms of drama), who comment on the action of a play without participation in it

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Chorus

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in the plot of a story or play, the action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution

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falling action

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a literary work which is amusing and ends well

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comedy

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an intensification of the conflict in a story or play. Builds up, accumulates, and develops the primary or central conflict in a literary work

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Complications

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Resolution

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denouement

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Sets the action in motion

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exciting force

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a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification

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Analogy

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Emotional discharge

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catharsis

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a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

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Anecdote

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in general, a literary work in which the central character meets an unhappy or disastrous end

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tragedy

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