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| a story written to be acted for an audience |
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| a play where a main character comes to an unhappy end |
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| ordinary language (non-poetry) |
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| Group of people that say things together |
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| small unit of a play. no shift in time/scenery |
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| conversation of characters in a play |
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| speech by one character in a play |
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| unusually long speech in a crowd. ALONE. expresses feeling or thought |
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| characters remark that others are not supposed to hear |
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| event or detail, inaccurate for the time period |
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| contrast between what happens and what is expected to happen |
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| a writer/speaker says one thing but means another |
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| audience knows something a character does not |
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| combo of contradictory terms. "jumbo shrimp" |
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| a play on the multiple meanings of a word |
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| humor that lessons the seriousness of a plot |
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| character that does not change in the story |
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| character that changes as a result of the stories events |
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| character used as a contrast to another |
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| 14 line poem written in iambic oentameter |
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