Comedy Literary Terms

2. The author’s attitude toward a subject
3. Everything within the text represents something beyond the text
4. Characters that are opposite of each other
6. The expansion of the conflict
7. The force or person which is against the protagonist or main character
8. Repeating beginning consonant sounds
10. Two syllables
11. Language that is not literal (such as it was raining cats and dogs)
13. Hints of event to come later in the work
15. Ends happily – with Shakespeare they end with weddings
16. After the occurrence of a tragic event a scene is provided to release tension
18. The author’s choice of words

1. The dictionary meaning of a word which has no feelings associated with it
5. The feelings associated with a word beyond its literal meaning
6. The author’s development of the characters whether through indirect means (such as their actions) or by direct means (such as saying exactly what the character is like)
9. A character speaks aside to the audience or another character where other characters can’t hear
12. The beginning of the work where the setting and characters are introduced
14. In fiction it is conversation set off by quote marks and in a play it is set off by a character’s name
17. The struggle or issue needing resolution in a work
19. The highest point of intensity of the literature which turns things around