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The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic. |
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The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex. |
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| The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. |
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| The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. |
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| A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. |
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| Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie. |
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| The narrator's position in relation to the story being told. |
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| A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable (usually without using like or as). |
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| A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (usually with using like or as). |
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| The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
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| A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. |
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| The tragic hero is a character of noble stature and has greatness. This should be readily evident in the play. The character must occupy a "high" status position but must ALSO embody nobility and virtue as part of his/her innate character. |
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| Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play. I suppose you could call this a kind of dramatic irony. |
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| Prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding. |
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| Comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections. |
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| The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc. |
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| Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. |
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| If the verb has a helping verb (like will, can, is, are, etc.) you must use it before the first verb but you may or may not use it after. It is your choice. Usually it is not used. |
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| the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way. |
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| A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest. |
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| The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved |
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| A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory. |
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| the use of thoughts to represent ideas or qualities. |
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| A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. |
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| Words with opposite meanings. |
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| Words with the same meanings. |
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| The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. |
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