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Othello terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Verse | words are arranged in a rhythmic pattern |
| Meter | rhythm established by a poem |
| Iambic Pentameter | rhythmical pattern equaling 10 syllables or 5 iams |
| Sonnet | poem with 14 lines written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme |
| Couplet | 2 line stanza that rhymes (close and open) |
| Tragedy | a play in which the protagonist, a person of importance, falls through a disaster through a combination of personal things they can't control |
| Acts | largest unit of divisions within a play |
| Scenes | smallest divisions of a play or within an act of a play |
| Monolougue | a long speech giving by a single actor in a play and other people are on the stage |
| Soliloquy | a long, usually serious speech that a character in a play in which the actor is alone on the stage |
| Pathos | a communication technique used in theatre that tries to appeal to the audiences emotions to teach a lesson |
| Dramatic Irony | occurs when the meaning of a situation is understood by the audience but not the characters in the play |
| Comic Relief | Humorous episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections |
| Foil | a character who is contrasted with another character |
| Aside | when a character disengages from others in a play and speaks directly to the audience |
| Pun | play on words that sound alike for a humorous effect |
| Oxymoron | 2 contradictory, meaning opposite, words next to each other that form a new whole idea |
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