1. Literary Elements
The Crucible

2. Dialogue
Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

3. Stage Directions
An instruction in the text of a play, esp. one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting

4. Dramatic Exposition
Essential background information conferred through dialogue prior to rise of action in a play or film

5. A warning or indication of (a future event)
foreshadowing
A warning or indication of (a future event)

6. setting
The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place

7. allusion
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

8. monologue
A long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program

9. soliloquy
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play

10. aside
A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play

11. plot
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence

12. Dramatic irony
Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

13. Verbal irony
Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning

14. A fallacy in logical argumentation
Logical fallacy
A fallacy in logical argumentation

15. The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax
Rising action
The events of a dramatic or narrative plot preceding the climax

16. climax
The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex

17. Falling action
The events of a drama after the climax (or crisis) but before the denouement (or resolution)

18. The action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter
resolution
The action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter

19. A person in a novel, play, or movie
character
A person in a novel, play, or movie

20. characterization
Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches
Indirect-
the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.
Direct-
the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets.
Flat-
an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.
Round-
a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
Dynamic-
A character who undergoes change in the story
Static-
A character who goes through little or no chance in the story

21. foil
Where the author creates a character whose primary purpose is to create a contrast to another character by laying emphasis or drawing attention to the latter’s traits and characteristics through the former’s obviously contradictory ones

22. A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
conflict
A serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one
Internal-
A struggle/ conflict within the mind of a character
External-
A struggle between a character and an outside force like nature or another character

23. theme
The main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing

24. Extended metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem

25. protagonist
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

26. Antagonist
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

27. comedy
Professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh

28. tragedy
An event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe

29. Dominant impression or emotional atmosphere evoked by the text
mood
Dominant impression or emotional atmosphere evoked by the text

30. An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
tone
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
EX: Pokes fun at the fact that they think they are doing the right thing