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10 Cards in this Set
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Act
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A major division of a play. Many long plays have several acts; short plays often have only one. An act may be divided into scenes.
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Aside
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In a play, a comment made by a character that is heard by the audience or another character but is not heard by the other characters onstage. Asides are frequently used to provide information to the audience and to reveal the private thoughts of the characters.
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Blank Verse
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Verse written in unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter, a rhythm pattern with five units, or feet, each of which has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
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Free Verse
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Poetry that has no fixed pattern or meter, rhythm, line length, pr stanza arrangement.
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Foil
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A character who provides a strong contrast to another character. A foil may emphasize another character’s distinctive traits or make a character look better by comparison.
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Iambic Pentameter
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A rhythm pattern with five units, or feet, each of which has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
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Monologue
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A dramatic speech performed by one character. Even though this speech is written in the form of a soliloquy, the difference between them is that a monologue can be heard by other characters on stage.
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech that is a combination of seemingly contradictory words.
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Pun
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A humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on two different words with the same sound.
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Soliloquy
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A long speech delivered by a character who is alone on stage. A soliloquy typically reveals the private thoughts and emotions of the character.
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