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Twelfth Night
Sydney Huynh
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| theme | moral or lesson |
| comedy | major characters were happily married |
| tragedy | many major characters die |
| history | true details of famous people's life especially kings and queens from the past |
| poetic language | poetry in writing |
| rhyme | words at the end of line that sound alike because they end with the same letters |
| meter | a patterned of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| scene | smaller divisions of acts; when changed: different characters come out |
| images | when words form pictures in your mind |
| act | all have 5 acts one of the 5 major parts of the play |
| stage | raise platform where actors stand and perform |
| pit | groundlings stood beneath the level of stage |
| gallery | raise seating back of the theater where the nobles sat |
| dramatic irony | a character doesn't know something that the audience does know |
| aside | a short speech with the character says to themselves and only the audience hears them |
| monologue | long speeches one person speaking to other characters |
| dialogue | two or more people speaking |
| soliloquy | one person's private thoughts |
| lyrics | words to a song |
| costumes | clothing people wear on stage to signify peoples status and/or the time period |
| props | things a character has that are necessary to move the action forward |
| lighting | to highlight a place on the stage (to show a change between scenes or to set the mood |
| scenery | the backdrop to show where you are |
| rhetorical (trick) | the art of speaking effectively to move an audience |
| antithesis | the balancing of opposites |
| allusion | reference to real event |
| pun | play on words that play on homonyms |
| wordplay | other parts of play on words |
| surfeit | filled up; satisfied |
| naught | nothing |
| abatement | reduction |
| pestilence | disease |
| brine | salt water; in your tears |
| elysium | Greek Mythology heaven |
| perchance | perhaps; by chance |
| provident | good fortune |
| prattle | gossip |
| abjured | exclude or leave out |
| eunuch | boy with a high voice |
| excepted | left out |
| prodigal | wastefully wastrel |
| prudent | wise, practical |
| accost | to woo |
| porquoi | why |
| discourse | speech |
| prosper | to grow wealth |
| malignancy | evil influence |
| distemper | disturb or damage |
| recompense | repayment |
| extravagancy | wasteful |
| publish | proclaim |
| peevishly | showing annoyance |
| cunning | cleverness |
| churlish | rude or stingy |
| frailty | weakness |
| thriftless | useless |
| dram | tiniest bit |
| scruple | doubt |
| obstacle | something that gets in the way |
| incredulous | incredible |
| sanctify | to make holy |
| favor | face; to prefer; if you please |
| venerable | respectable |
| bounty | your generosity or payment/ treasure |
| scatheful | harmful |
| adverse | hostile |
| fulsome | disgusting |
| unauspicious | not favorable |
| beguile | cheated, deceived |
| dissembling | hypocrite |
| epistles | letters |
| notorious | famous in a bad way |
| epiphany | the day after Twelfth Night. twelfth day of Christmas Jan. 6; an ah-ha moment |
| Impetuosity | Rash impulsiveness |
| Unsafe | Not safe |
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