Instructions for actors and stage crew, usually set in italics
Stage Directions
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A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
Soliloquy
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If you say 'I did ok on the test,' when you got 99% is an example of:
Understatement
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What literary device is this: A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
Symbol
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What is this perspective called: 'She woke up early that morning. It was the day they were finally going to visit her grandma.'
3rd person
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What is this perspective called: 'I couldn't believe that they had lied to her.'
1st person
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A very strong contrast of opposing ideas, arguments or views. EG: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
Juxtaposition
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'Yep. That's the right way to act at work.'
Sarcasm
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'Til I’m topplin’ from the top, I’m not going to stop I’m standin’ on my Monopoly board That means I’m on top of my game And it don’t stop ‘til my hip don’t hop anymore.'
Wordplay / pun
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What is this literary device: When the narrator or action goes back into the past to describe a scene that is essential to the main plot.