Unit 6: Lesson 3

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  1. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
  2. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  3. tragedy
    drama exciting terror or pity
  4. comedy
    light and humorous drama with a happy ending
  5. farce
    a comedy characterized by broad satire
  6. melodrama
    a story with characters behaving in an extreme emotional way
  7. script
    a written version of a play or other dramatic composition
  8. act
    a single division of a play, opera, or ballet
  9. scene
    a subdivision of an act of a play
  10. dialogue
    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
  11. action
    something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  12. stage direction
    instruction or description written in the script of a play
  13. exposition
    an account that sets forth the intent of a story
  14. drama
    a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
  15. complication
    a development that makes a situation more challenging
  16. climax
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
  17. resolution
    a statement that solves a problem
  18. protagonist
    the principal character in a work of fiction
  19. antagonist
    the main character who opposes the protagonist in a narrative or play
  20. foil
    a person or thing that serves to contrast with another
  21. allegory
    a style in which characters and events are symbolic
  22. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
  23. dramatic irony
    when the audience understands something the characters don't
  24. figurative
    not literal
  25. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
Created on Tue Sep 01 15:29:55 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Sep 10 12:44:31 EDT 2020)

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