q('alienation effect#a dramatic effect aimed at encouraging critical detachment in the audience');
q('allegory#a story with a second distinct meaning');
q('alliteration#repetition of initial consonants in words in a sequence');
q('allusion#a passing reference to a person, place, work, which is not explained – the audience is expected to be clever enough to recognize it');
q('anachronism#the misplacing of a person or thing outside its historical context');
q('analogy#illustration of an idea by means of a more familiar idea that is similar');
q('antithesis#contrasting ideas, balanced in a sentence or sequence');
q('aphorism#a statement of some general principle, memorable and concisely');
q('archaism#the use of old words, not commonly used in contemporary practice');
q('archetype#a recurring symbol / theme / character-type – some believe they embody an essential element of human experience');
q('assonance#repetition of vowel sounds within words');
q('bathos#a lapse into the ridiculous after aiming at elevated expression');
q('cacophony#harsh, discordant sounds');
q('cadence#the rhythm of speech');
q('comedy of manners#represent sophisticated society where wit and appearances count for more than moral worth');
q('Deus ex machina#a new figure at the end of a play, who solves all the problems');
q('diction#the choice of words');
q('didactic#work designed to advise / preach / teach');
q('domestic tragedy#when the leading characters belong to the middle class');
q('dystopia#pessimistic view of the future – unlike Utopia');
q('hermeneutics#the theory of interpretation');
q('hyperbole#exaggerated praise');
q('idiom#untranslatable phrases – distinct to a particular language');
q('idyllic#idealized picture of a place  - usually rural – innocent bliss');
q('implied author#an imagined author, who stands a remove form the narrator');
q('interior monologue#written version of a character’s thoughts – as if overheard');
q('metadrama#drama about drama – when a play draws attention to its status as a theatrical pretence – such as in direct addresses to the audience');
q('metaphor#a direct comparison, without using like or as – can be extended');
q('naturalistic drama#a very detailed illusion of life – through costume, set, speech…');
q('omniscient narrator#an all- knowing narrator, who can describe all events in a story');
q('oxymoron#a compressed paradox – where opposites are combined');
q('pathetic fallacy#nature appears to feel as humans do – flowers weep; this is a form of personification, where non-humans are given human traits.');
q('pathos#emotionally moving power of a literary work');
q('pun#a play on words – with two similar sounding words');
q('realism#when the writing seems to be utterly faithful to real life ');
q('satire#writing to expose folly of society – that it may repent');
q('simile#a comparison using like or as');
q('stream of consciousness#writing that is a continuous flow of thoughts, feelings…');
q('subtext#meanings which are implied rather than explicitly stated in a work - they can come through in pauses, actions…');
q('syntax#this refers to word order – how sentences are constructed');
q('tableau#a picture formed by living persons in static positions');