When an author compares one thing to another and uses "like" or "as" in doing so, what type of figurative language is the author using? Mood simile Theme Character A drama that ends light and funny is called a what? Dialogue Memoir Autobiography Comedy What do you call the lines spoken by the actors in a play? Exposition Theme personification Dialogue The movie titled, "Titanic", is an example of what kind of drama? Monologue Tragedy diction Autobiography What is a person or creature in a story is called? symbolism Tragedy Resolution Character What do you call the sequence of events that reveal the conflict in a story or a play? Dialogue Plot dramatic irony Exposition If an author gives nonliving things the characteristice of a living thing, the author is using what form of figurative language? personification Character Traits Biography Tragedy What do you call the type of literature that is both written and acted out on stage? Aside Comedy Character Drama When an author writes about a special event that happened in their life, what type of nonfiction is it? Dialogue Memoir Theme Resolution The words that are chosen by an author based on the story's location and the time period of the story is _________. Drama diction dramatic irony Theme What tells the reader or the audience where and when a story happens? Resolution Setting dramatic irony Exposition What do yo call the words used to describe a character? diction simile Character Traits Dialogue __________ helps both the reader and the audience to understand what is going on because it introduces the characters and the setting of the story or play. Comedy Exposition Drama Resolution ___________________________ is a story written by an author about his or her own life. Theme Plot Autobiography Comedy There is a central message in every piece of literature. What is this message called? Plot Theme diction Setting What type of dialogue is it when an actor gives a long speech and he/she is talking to another actor on stage? Monologue dramatic irony Exposition Biography An ____________________ is a short comment made to the audience by an actor that only the audience is suppose to hear. Aside Character Biography personification What do you call the end of a story when it is a short story or a novel? Memoir Tragedy Plot Resolution When an author uses a word or an object to represent a specific feeling or idea, the author is using what form of figurative language? Soliloquy Dialogue Monologue symbolism What type of dialogue is it when an actor delivers a long speech to the audience, sharing his/her feelings or thoughts? Soliloquy Stage Direction Drama Biography What do you call the author of a play? Playwright Plot personification Soliloquy When there is a situation in which the audience knows more about what is going on in the story than the characters do, is called _____________. Character Traits dramatic irony Character Soliloquy What do you call the effect a story has upon the reader? Mood Autobiography simile symbolism What do you call the notes in the margins of a piece of dramatic literature that tell the actors what to do and where to stand? dramatic irony Exposition Stage Direction Resolution What do you call a story of a person's life that is written by someone else? dramatic irony Stage Direction Biography personification