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establishes the setting, introduces some of the main characters, explains background, and introduces the characters' main conflict
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exposition (Act I)
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consists as a series of complications that occur as the main characters take action to resolve their problems
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rising action (Act II)
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the moment when a choice made by the main characters determines the direction of the action:upward to a happy ending, which would be a comedy, or downward to a tragedy
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crisis or turning point(Act III)
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prevents events that result from the action taken at the turning point. These events usually lock the characters deeper and deeper into disaster; with each event we see the characters falling straight into tragedy
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falling action (Act IV)
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occurs at the end of the play-usually, in tragedy, with the deaths of the main characters
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climax (Act V)
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the loose parts of the plot are all tied up; the play is over
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resolution (Act V)
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repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem
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alliteration
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reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture
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allusion
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a character or scene that is set up as a contrast to another so that each will stand out vividly
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foil
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the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot
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foreshadowing
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poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
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free verse
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occurs when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens or when there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does take place
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situational irony
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a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something completely different
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verbal irony
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occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
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dramatic irony
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figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as, than, or resembles
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metaphor
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kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thng or quality is talked about as if it were human
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personification
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an unusually long speech in which a character who is onstage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
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soliloquy
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play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
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pun
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the time and place of a story or play
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setting
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figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, resembles, or than
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simile
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central idea of a work of literature
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theme
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attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
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tone
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