| A | B |
|---|
| soliloquy | character, talking to themselves, reveals private thoughts/ feelings |
| Aside | a short speech heard by audience but not characters in the play |
| Comic relief | a humorous interlude intended to relieve dramatic tension |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration - usually done in a very obvious way |
| allusion | a reference in literature to another literary work. This is also known as intertextual references |
| foreshadow | clue/hint about what is going to happen |
| tragedy | a drama ending in catastrophe |
| blank verse | poem written in unrhymed meter |
| Protagonist | Major character in a drama. The protagonist is not necessarily a hero. |
| catastrophe | scene in a tragedy which includes the death/moral destruction of the protagonist |
| Antagonist | A character in a play who actively opposed the protagonist |
| Stock character | A character that is easily recognised for having a certain role to play, e.g. tempting the hero, the jester, someone representing consciousness etc. |
| Verb end "th" | Third person singular, e.g. "Darkness cometh" |
