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| monologue | a long, uninterupted speech by one actor; the actor can be speaking to other characters or an audience |
| soliloquy | a character speaking to him/herself and revealing inner thoughts and feelings |
| dramatic irony | the audience knows something that the characters in a story do not know |
| verbal irony | when a character says one thing but means something else |
| situational irony | something happens that is different from what is expected |
| aside | when a character makes a brief comment to the audience |
| pun | a humorous use of words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning |
| tragic flaw | a character flaw that causes the downfall (destruction) of the hero in a tragedy |
| foil | a contrast to another character |
| dialogue | conversation between two or more people |
| prologue | a speech before a play |
| tragedy | a serious play with a tragic theme, often involving a heroic struggle and the downfall of the main character |
