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| Act | a main division of a drama Shakespeare's plays consist of 5 acts with each act subdivided into scenes. |
| Alliteration | the repetition of the same intitial sound in two or more consecutive or closely associated wrords. |
| Allusion | a reference to a literary or historical person or event to explain a present situaion. |
| Aside | A brief remark made by a character and intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters. |
| Atmosphere | The tone or mood established by events, places or situations. |
| Comic relief | A humorous scene or speech in a serious drama which is meant to provide relief from emotional intensity and, by contrast, to heighten the seriousness of the story. |
| Foil | A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a story. |
| Foreshadowing | A hint of what is to come in the story. This is often used to keep the audience in a state of expectancy. |
| Imagery | The term used to describe words or phrases that appeal to the five senses. |
| Irony | A contrast between what is and what appears to be. |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech that implies or states a comparison between two unlike things which are similar in some way. |
| Paradox | A statement which seems to be contradictory but is at the same time profoundly logical. |
| Pun | A play on words with similar sounds, but different meanings. |
| Scene | A small unit of a play in which there is no shift in locale or time. |
| Simile | A figure of speech that states a comparison between two essentially unlike things which are similar in one aspect. |
| Soliloquy | A speech given by a character alone on stage. |
| Tragedy | A type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering. |
