Poetic/Dramatic Terms Flashcards
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The wall between the audience and the charcters in a play
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Fourth wall
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A play inside a play
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Metatheater
2
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comparison not using like or as
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Metaphor
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comparison using like or as
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Simile
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Two words placed next to each other that do not make sense
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Oxymoron
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vivid description creating a clear picture in your mind
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imagery
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the same letter or sound in a sentence
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Alliteration
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the repitition of a sound or vowel
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Assonance
8
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Unstressed sound
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u
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stressed
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/
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10 syllables in a line of poetry
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iambic pantameter
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one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable
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Foot
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Readers know something that characters do not
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dramatic irony
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a person says or writes one thing but means another
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verbal irony
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a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended
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situational irony
