epigraph - the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme, denouement - the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved, epilogue - a short passage added at the end of a literary work, prologue - introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action, dialogue - Conversation between two or more characters, juxtaposition - the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect, caricature - (n.) a representation (especially in drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way, omniscient - knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding; all knowing, symbolism - the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities, motifs - a word, character, object, image, metaphor, or idea that reoccurs in a work of literature, tropes - means, 'turn, direction, way'; fancy way of saying 'figures of speech'; moves the meaning of the text from literal to figurative, authorial - of or by or typical of an author, irony - the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning, proleptic irony - when an earlier event gives the audience a clue ("foreshadows") a later event in the text, flash-forwards - An editing technique that suggests the interruption of the present by a shot or series of shots representing the future, protagonist - main character, antagonist - a character or force in conflict with the main character, intertextual reference - a narrative, visual, or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art,

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