| A | B |
| Foil | Characters set in contrast |
| Aside | Private remarks to the audience |
| Ambiguity | Open to many interpretations |
| Pathos | Sympathy for a character |
| Motif | A recurrent theme/topic/object/event |
| Exposition | Italicized background information in a play |
| "On Golden Pond" | "Who the **** are these people?" |
| Misogyny | A hatred of women |