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Tragedy
A type of drama or literature that shows the downfall or destruction of a noble or outstanding person.
Satire
A type of writing that ridicules or criticizes the faults or individuals or groups.
Rising Action
All the events of the plot that come before the climax.
Tragic Flaw
A character has a weakness which accounts for his or her fall.
Suspense
A feeling of growing curiosity or anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.
Simile
A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two subjects using LIKE or AS.
Sonnet
A fourteen-line lyric poem focused on a single theme.
Stanza
A group of lines in a poem, considered a unit.
Soliloquy
A long speech made by a character who is along revealing his or her private thoughts and feelings to the audience.
Third-Person Point of View
The narrator reveals the feelings of one character's inner thoughts and is not himself a character in the story.
Theme
Is a central idea, concern, or purpose in a literary work.
Symbol
Is anything that stands for or represents something else. A symbol can be conventional (widely known) or personal.
Setting
The time and place of the action. Provided the location and background for the characters and plot, and may help create a particular atmosphere or mood.
Tone
The writer's attitude toward the readers and toward the subject.
Verbal Irony
Words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning.