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- 2. prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.
- 3. an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
- 8. the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
- 10. verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
- 12. the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
- 13. the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
- 15. the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
- 16. way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity.
- 17. contextual knowledge is a sub-part of the overall context (see Figure 1). Thus, the rest of the context, which is not relevant for a given situation, is called external knowledge.
- 18. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
- 23. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
- 24. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
- 25. the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
- 26. 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.
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- 1. Emotive language refers to words or phrases that change the feel of a sentence through evoking a particular emotional reaction from the reader.
- 4. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.
- 5. Anapest is a poetic device defined as a metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables wherein the first two syllables are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed
- 6. is a convenient name for the quality or force in a play which challenges theatre's claim to be simply realistic
- 7. a thing done; an act.
- 9. a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
- 11. a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.
- 14. When you look up a word in the dictionary, you will find its literal (denotative) meaning. However, the emotions and associations connected to a word is known as its connotative meaning. Depending on our experiences, certain words have a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.
- 19. the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
- 20. the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
- 21. the pervading tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art.
- 22. a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.