Drama terminology

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B J L I T E R A L L A N G U A G E M K C X
S U K E N B K T F V J B T Q F B N I N Y J
W N Y I A I D H I P P N A J C T O N I Q L
B D C B T R P E G C P Y O L W O Q I N M G
O E V Y U N W A U H X Q J F V B T M F P M
H R T J R G D T R A L O V H G X J A B I E
U S H A A X N R I R W E K T S K F L V O C
Y T E R L L S I T A R N S F J A A I I T U
M A F X I L Q C I C X O N L J T L S C L P
Y T O W S Q F A V T J I Q G P S L T I Y W
L E U D T L D L E E P T E E G X I I L V E
G M R U I B H R L R L A G W N Q N C M L B
G E T Y C J W E A I W C H E G E G T D Q F
Y N H R T G L A N Z U I G Y N S A H Q M S
T T W S H K D L G A D L K K L H C E R B F
Y I A I E I E I U T R P V A K M T A P K E
V B L U A N R S A I Y M R P Y X I T P M A
T R L L T S J M G O V O D L E A O R X G F
L P I I R M Q F E N A C Y A D A N E Q I H
K G V Y E J D C N P G S E Q Y J K E Q L T
W Y D T X J E O T W E Q V F F H Y L C D O

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  • A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means; the opposite of exaggeration (14)
  • A form of language in which writers and speakers mean exactly what their words denote (7, 8)
  • A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words (10, 8)
  • A movement in late 19th-century drama that aimed to replacethe artificial romantic style with accurate depictions of plausible situations. (10, 7)
  • An intensification of the conflict in a story or play. Complication builds up, accumulates, and develops the primary or central conflict in a literary work. (12)
  • In the plot of a story or play, the action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution. (7, 6)
  • simplest form and design (12, 7)
  • The imaginary wall of the box theater setting, supposedly removed to allow the audience to see the action. (3, 6, 4)
  • The means by which writers present and reveal character. Although techniques of characterization are complex, writers typically reveal characters through their speech, dress, manner, and actions (16)
  • theatre that attempts to create an illusion of reality through a range of dramatic and theatrical strategies. (12, 7)

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