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Drama Terms
Shakespeare
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| blank verse | an unrymed poetry written in iambic pentameter. |
| meter | regular rhythmic pattern in language. |
| poetry | concentrated language. "Verse" |
| prose | language of everyday speak |
| iamb | unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stretch sy |
| iambic pentameter | rhythm that has five unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable |
| tragic hero | is of high social rank- a king, a prince, or a general |
| tragic flaw | an error in judgement or a character defect that leads to their downfall |
| dramatic irony | results when the audience knows more than one or more of the characters |
| soliloquy | is a speech given by a character alone on stage to reveal their thoughts and feelings |
| aside | a character's remark, either to the audience or to another character that no one on stage is supposed to hear. |
| extended metaphor | a figure of speech that compares two essentially unlike things at some length and in several ways. |
| drama | literature in which plts and characters are developed through dialogue and action; in other words, it is literature in play form |
| foil | is a character who provides a striking contrast to another character. |
| irony | is a special kind of contrast etween appearance and reality-- usually one in which reality is the opposite of what is seems |
| verbal irony | exists when somone is knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another |
| sonnet | lyric peom of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. |
| couplet | A couplet is a rhymed pair of lines. May be written in any rhythmic pattern. |
| quatrain | a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes. |
| omen | an event regarded as a portent of good or evil. |
| rhyme scheme | the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. |
| anachronism | an act of attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong. |
| Logos (logical) | an argument that makes sense, appeals to what you know is right or smart |
| Pathos (Emotional) | an argument that appeals to the reader's emotions |
| Ethos (Ethical) | an argument that relates to trust. |
| Anaphora | Repetition of same sounds in the beggining of sentences or clauses. |
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