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Twelfth Night Vocab.
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare {Hayden Overstreet}
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| theme | moral or lesson in the story |
| comedy | major characters are happily married in the end |
| tragedy | major characters die by the end |
| history | |
| poetic language | in lines, often has rhyme/rhythm, usually contains figures of speech |
| rhyme | words at the end of lines that sound alike, often contain same letters |
| meter | a pattern of stressed and unstressed sylables |
| images | words that form pictures in your mind |
| act | one of the 5 majors parts of a play |
| scene | a change of different characters |
| stage | raised platform where actors stand in a performance |
| pit | where the low-class people watch the performance, beneath the stage |
| gallery | raised seating in back of the theater where the nobles sat |
| dramatic irony | a character does not know something that the audience knows |
| aside | a short comment by the character meant to be heard by the audience |
| monologue | a long speech by one character that no one on stage hears |
| dialogue | two characters speaking to eachother |
| soliloquy | talking by himself/herself |
| lyrics | words to a song |
| costumes | clothing characters wear; signifies a person's status or the time period |
| props | objects characters need to move the action foward |
| lighting | used to highlight person/place on stage; change between scenes; set a mood |
| scenery | an essential backdrop/decoration that shows location |
| allusion | |
| rhetorical strategy | the art of speaking effectively to move an audience |
| wordplay | any other play of words besides puns |
| pun | play on words such as homonyms |
| abatement | reduction |
| abjured | exclude, leave out |
| accost | approach her, woo her [impress her] |
| brine | saltwater [tears] |
| discourse | speech |
| elysium | where the blessed go after death [Greek mythology heaven] |
| eunuch | a male soprano or castrato |
| expected | left out, excluded |
| naught | nothing |
| perchance | perhaps, possibly; by chance, for good luck |
| pestilence | purified the air of everything infectious [disease] |
| porquoi | french for "why" |
| prattle | gossip |
| prodigal | wastrel, spendthrift, fool |
| prosper | to grow wealthy |
| provident | lucky, with good fortune |
| prudent | wise, practical |
| surfeit | filled up, satisfied |
| churlish | borish, rude, stingy |
| cunning | craftiness |
| distemper | disturb, damage |
| dram | tiniest bit |
| extravagancy | wasteful |
| favor | face; to prefer, if you please; looks, features |
| fraility | weakness |
| impestuosity | |
| incredulous | incredible |
| maligancy | evil influence |
| obstacle | something that gets in the way |
| peevishly | |
| publish | procclaim |
| recompense | repayment |
| sanctify | make holy |
| scruple | doubt |
| thriftless | useless, fruitless |
| unsafe | |
| venerable | command respect |
| adverse | hostie |
| beguiled | created or deceived |
| bounty | |
| dissembling | hypocritical; true |
| epiphany | |
| epistles | letters |
| fulsome | disquisting |
| notorious | famous in a bad way |
| scatheful | harmful |
| unauspicious |
Created by:
hgraceo
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