| A | B |
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| act | a main division of drama |
| scene | A small unit of a play in which there |
| alliteration | the repetition of the same initial |
| foreshadowing | A hint of what is to come in the story. |
| imagery | the term used to describe words or phrases |
| metaphor | a figure of speech comparing two things not using like or as |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two things using like or as |
| tragedy | A type of drama of human conflict |
| irony | a contrast between what is and what appears to be |
| verbal irony | a character says one thing but means another |
| dramatic irony | the audience knows what the character does not |
| foil | a character that contrasts and parallels |
| aside | A brief remark made by a character intended to be heard by the audience but not the characters |
| soliloquy | A speech given by a character alone on the stage. |
| fatal flaw | a weakness or wrong judgment causing death or ruin |
| allusion | a reference to a literary or historical person |
| pun | play on words-based on the similarity |
| climax | point in the play from where the Shakespearean hero moves to his unavoidable end |
