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Shakespeare Lit Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot. |
| Chorus | A group who says things at the same time. |
| Static Character | Character who does not change much in the course of the 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 | Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| Iambic Meter | Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
| Iambic Pentameter | Five verse feet with each foot an iamb (a total of 10 syllables) |
| Pun | The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings. |
| 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 character is alone on stage and expresses feelings aloud. |
| Sonnet | A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has one of several rhyme schemes. |
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