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| A story written to be acted for an audience |
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| A play, novel, or other narative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end |
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| A short introduction at the beggining of a play that gives a brif overview of the plot |
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| A group who says things at the same time |
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| A speech by one character in a play |
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| a unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her toughts aloud |
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| A combination of contradictory terms |
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| Words that are spoken by a chracter in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not suppposed to be overheard by the others onstage |
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| A play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings |
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| Humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot |
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| A character who does not change much in the course of a story |
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| A character who changes as a result of the story's events |
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