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A midsummer night

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Comedy The genre of the play. Characterised by humour, mischief, deception and having a happy resolution at the end.
Lambic pentameter Most of the play is written in lambic pentameter. This is when there are 10 syllables per line. 5 are unstressed. 5 are stressed.
Tetrameter A line of poetry with 4 beats or syllables
Soliloquy A speech delivered by a character that is often directed to the audience
Grounding An audience member who would pay 1p to stand for the duration of the play
Puritan Extremely religious Protestants who saw plays and the theatres as sinful
Technique Definition/example
Simile An indirect comparison using like or as - he is like an angel
Metaphor A direct comparison - she is a star
Imagery Using words to create pictures in your mind
Personification Giving an inanimate object human characteristics. The leaves danced in the wind
Onomatopoeia A word that sounds like the thing it is describing - pop, bang, whoosh
Rhyme When two or more words sound similar - take - sake
Created by: Oldtownswifty
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