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');