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English Vocab

TermDefinition
Thou You
Thy Your
Thine Yours
Ye All of you
Cometh come
Wilt Will
Doth Does
Hath Has
Saith Says
Morrow Morning
Even Evening
An If
Happy Fortunate
Carry Coals Task for servants; as an insult
List Pleased
Tis It is
Chorus A group of actors who describe and comment on the main action of a play by singing, dancing, and reacting
Stage Directions Describe when and where a scene takes place, how an actor should deliver their lines
Pentameter A poetic meter in which a line of poetry consists of 5 feet of stressed and unstressed syllables
Verse All the lines of a play follow a specific pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables. Has a set rhythm and meter.
Prose Written or spoken language in its everyday form - without rhyme like poetry (no rhythm)
Soliloquy Speech delivered by a character while alone on stage (or believing they are alone) when they reveal their inner thoughts/feelings
Short Pause A brief break in the dialogue, indicated with a comma
Long pause Extended silence, indicated with a colon, period, exclamation point, etc.
Ellipses The narrative device for omitting a portion of the sequence of events, allowing the reader to fill in the narrative gaps
Act A major division or section of a play or other dramatic work, typically containing several scenes
Scene A subdivision of an act or play not divided into acts (location or time)
Prologue A speech or introductory section delivered before the main action of a play begins
Meter pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
Stressed syllable loudest/more forceful enunciation w/in word uses: /
Unstressed syllable softer/less forceful enunciation w/in word uses: ͝
Iambic foot unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (a foot with 2 syllables) Pentameter = 5 feet Iambic Pentameter = (2x5) = 10, 10 syllables per line
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