a character, action, or situation that is a prototype (pattern) of human life, occurring over and over again in literature

• aside
• archetype
• comic relief
• heroic couplet

is a brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event told to entertain and make a point.

• drama
• play
• comedy
• ancedote

is a short speech delivered by an actor in a play, usually directed to the audience and inaudible to the other characters.

• monologue
• aside
• soliloquy
• chorus

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is a technique used to interrupt a serious situation by introducing a humorous character or situation.

• comic relief
• comedy
• drama
• sonnet

is a dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the conflict.

• drama
• play
• comedy
• comic relief

is a story written to be performed by actors.

• drama
• play 
• sonnet
• comedy

Meter refers to the rhythm of a line of poetry, and iambic pentameter is a specific type of meter.  

• sonnet
• iambic pentameter
• tragedy
• heroic couplet

refers to two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.

• couplet
• heroic couplet
• sonnet
• iambic pentameter

is a poem or speech in which a fictional character addresses the other characters and the audience.

• aside
• soliloquy
• monologue
• anecdote

is a speaker or several speakers who recite the prologue and explain to whom, what, when, or where the action occurs to the audience.

• narrator
• chorus
• solo
• prologue