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Descriptions of how characters move onstage and how they speak their lines.
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An admirable figure who has a personal failing that leads to his or her downfall.
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The force that compels characters to behave in certain manners.
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A failing that leads a character to make choices that result in tragedy.
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Extreme exaggeration
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A speech made by a character who is alone onstage, speaking to himself or herself or to the audience.
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A long speech made by one character to one or more other characters onstage.
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Conversations between characters in a play.
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When a character comes to an understanding and events begin to make sense.
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A play that presents serious and important actions and ends unhappily for the main character.
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A play that ends happily, in which the main character gets what he or she wants.
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A short speech, delivered to the audience or to another character, that others onstage are not supposed to hear.
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The portable items (properties) that actors carry or handle onstage.
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The speaker’s attitude toward a subject
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A story acted out live, using dialogue and action.
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A character designed to highlight qualities of a major character.
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