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Dramatic Devices

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1Dramatic DevicesLiterature
2Stage Directionsan instruction written in the script that gives direction to the actors how to demonstrate an action or information about the scenery
3Character Conflictscharacters have motivations, desires, needs, or beliefs that place them in opposition with each other
4Nemesisthe inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall: long standing rivalry
5Paradoxself-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation
6Soliloquya character speaks to themselves, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience
7Pathetic Fallacythe reflection and demonstration of human feelings and responses in inanimate things
8Foreshadowingan advance hint of what is to come later in the story
9Imageryauthor's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work
10Asideswhen a character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage
11Dramatic Ironyirony that is inherent in speeches or a situation and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play
12Allusionsa figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly
13Juxtapositionan act or instance of placing two elements close together or side by side, highlighting comparisons and contrasts
14SymbolismSymbols
15Cliffhangers/Climatic moments

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