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Shakespeare Lit term
Romeo and Juliet
Term | Definition |
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Drama | a story written to be acted for an audience |
tragedy | a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end |
prologue | a short introduction @ the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot |
chorus | a group who says things @ the same time |
static character | character who does not change much in the course of a story |
dynamic character | character who changes as a result of the story's events |
aside | words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone and not intended to be heard |
blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
couplet | 2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
iambic meter | unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
Iambic Pentameter | five verse feet w/each foot an iamb (total of 10 syllables) |
pun | the humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest 2 or more meanings @ the same time |
monologue | a long, uninterrupted speech presented in front of other characters |
oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory terms |
soliloquy | a speech in which a characters is Alone on stage and expresses thoughts out loud |
sonnet | a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter that has several rhyme schemes |