| A | B |
|---|
| monologue | a long speech by one character |
| soliloquy | a speech in which the character speaks his/her thoughts aloud-usually alone on the stage |
| aside | remark made by a character heard by the audience but not the characters on stage |
| designator | indicates a characters emotional state: ex. - Romeo (speaks softly) |
| allusion | reference to something in literature, religion, myth, history etc |
| foil | a character whose qualities contrast another character's |
| pun | a play on words- words who look or sound alike but have different meanings |
| comic relief | humorous scenes in a serious drama to relieve tension |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
| onomatopoeia | use of a word that imitates a sound: ex. buzz |
| oxymoron | a phrase consisting of words that are opposite: deafening silence |
| tragedy | a play that results in a catastrophe for the main character(s) |
| tragic hero | central character in a drama who is dignified or noble |
| tragic flaw | the defect the tragic hero possesses that brings their downfall |
