Term
|
Definition
| the main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing, a movie, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the most exciting and important part of a story, play, or movie that occurs usually at or near the end |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
the most exciting and important part of the most exciting and important part of a story, play, or movie that occurs usually at or near the end
an area of land that has been measured and is considered as a unit |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the place and conditions in which something happens or exists |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a struggle for power, property |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the things that are said by the characters in a story, movie, play, etc. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal standpoint. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the use of words that begin with the same sound near one another (as in wild and woolly or a babbling brook ) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat , oedipus, the classic tragic hero |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| : irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension, or to intensify the dramatic action. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| to happen at the same as something else or be similar or equal to something else |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the position or relation of parallels. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Rising action is what happens in a story leading up to the most exciting part of a story |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| is defined as the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| is a public show of art, cars or any other sort of product. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| is the practice of giving special meaning to objects, things, relationships or events. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| is an educated guess made through observation. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| are words that have contrasting meanings. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| is a word that means the same or nearly the same thing as another word |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| is a poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. |
|
|
