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Closing speech from an actor directly to the audience.
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Epilogue
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Long speech where a character is onstage alone expressing his thoughts.
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Soliloquy
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Sampson and Gregory have a(n) ? in the opening scene.
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Aside
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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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Blank Verse
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All of Shakespeares plays were...
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Dramas
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A group of actors who comment on and interpret the unfolding events onstage.
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Chorus
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In general, a story that ends happily.
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Comedy
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A play on words (by multiple meanings or two homophones).
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Pun
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Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
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Couplet
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Audience knows something the character doesn't.
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Dramatic Irony
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A story that is written to be acted out for an audience.
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Drama
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Romeo says: "What light through yonder window breaks?" is an example of...
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Blank Verse
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Juliet's exit line from the balcony is an example of this.
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Couplet
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A written or oral composition given by a single actor.
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Monologue
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Introduction spoken by either the chorus or by a principle character.
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Prologue
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Romeo and Juliet is an opposite of this term.
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Comedy
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Mercutio said "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find a grave man"
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Pun
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A story that ridicules something in order to reveal a weakness
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Satire
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Dialogue to the audience or other character that the rest of the cast doesn't hear.
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Aside
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Romeo delivers this in Act V, Scene 3.
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Soliloquy
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Play that depicts serious events and has a downfall of the protagonist.
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Tragedy
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Romeo and Juliet are an example of this term.
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Tragedy
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People who gather to see and hear a performance.
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Audience
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