Where a character makes a remark that the audience can hear but no other characters can.

Where a character speaks their thoughts or emotions aloud alone onstage.

The opening lines of a scene.

Lines with no metre or rhythmical pattern.

Lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Another name for prose.

The opposing force to a narrative's protagonist.

The final resolution of a play, novel or other narrative.

The beginning of a play where characters or information is introduced.

Where an audience or reader has information that a character is ignorant of.

When a character very obviously means the exact opposite to what they say.

When a play makes a reference to the real world outside the story.

The opening section of a play where characters are introduced and essential information is imparted to the audience.

The event or character that the whole of the plot depends upon.

The final section of a play or other narrative where all the plot points are resolved.

When a text foreshadows a future event.

Extravagant overstatement.

The last speech of a dying character in a drama.

When the audience has information that characters are ignorant of.

The foreshadowing of an event that will occur later in a play or other text.

When characters misunderstand each other and cause negative consequences.

The list of characters at the start of a published play text.

The type or style of language/vocabulary associated with a specific context.

The overall metrical pattern of a poem.

The two rhyming lines at the end of a scene in a play text.

A scene in a play where two characters converse in a back and forth dialogue.

A speech by a character alone onstage where he/she gives voice to emotions or thoughts.

The sarcastic tone of voice used by an actor in a play or film.

Where the actual meaning of a text is different to the apparent meaning.

When a text foreshadows future events.

The character through whose perspective or perceptions the narrative is described.

Phrases such as 'he said' or 'Daniel whispered' that signal who has spoken in a prose text.

The audience or reader of a literary text.

Repeated vowel sounds across a section of literary text.

The sound effects of a film. For example: doors shutting, background people talking etc.

Sound that is external to the story world of a film.

The filmed events of a film such as costume, set design or character movement.

A genre of French poetry.

When the weather/climate of a literary text reflects the mood of a character.

Sound that is external to the story world of a film.

Sound that is inside the story world of a film.

The way iambic pentameter sounds when spoken out loud.