| A | B |
| Soliloquy | a long speech to oneself or God |
| Aside | when an actor speaks directly to the audience |
| Hubris | excessive pride |
| Catharsis | the cleansing of the audiences pity and fear |
| Allegory | A story with a second, deeper meaning under the surface |
| Archetype | a repeated character or situation in literature |
| Blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Allusion | a reference to something outside the text (mythology, history, pop culture) |