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shakespeare Test

Enter the letter for the matching Definition
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anachronism
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pun
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prologue
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soliloquy
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chorus
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verbal irony
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Couplet
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oxymoron
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blank("unrhymed"-no rhyme at the end of the lines)
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foil
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a group who says things at the same time
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a combination of contradictory terms (EX: jumbo shrimp)
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verse-poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter ("pent=5; "meter"= measure); each line of poetry contains 5
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character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way
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a short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot.
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a play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings.
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event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period
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a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different.
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an usually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud
J.
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; coupleys often signal the exit of a character or End of a scene
Type the Term that corresponds to the displayed Definition.
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words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
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a story written to be acted for an audience
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character who changes as a result of the story's events
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a play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
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fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes (shakespearean-3 four-line units or quatrains, followed by a concluding two-line unit, or couplet; abab ccd efef gg.
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character who does not change much in the course of a story
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humor added that lessons the seriousness of a plot
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the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
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a speech by one character in a play
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direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use

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