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Poetry
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a literary form that combines words meanings with their emotional associations and rhythms
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Stanza
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a repeated grouping of 2 or more lines
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Metaphore
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an implied comparison
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Personification
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the giving of human characteristic to a nonhuman subject
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Simile
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a comparison using like or as
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onomatopeia
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the use of words that imitate sounds
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imagery
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the descriptive language used to create word pictures by appealing to the five senses
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alliteration
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the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a series of words
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repitition
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the use of any language element more than once
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narrative
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a story told in verse
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sonnet
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a highly formal 14-line lyric poem
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free verse
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any poem not written in a regular pattern of meter or rhyme
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haiku
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a poem of 3 unrhymed lines totalling 17 syllables
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lyric
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a brief poem creating a musical effect
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speaker
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voice of a poem
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mood
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overall feeling of a poem
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paraphrase
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restatement or explanation fo something in one's own words
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couplet
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2-line stanza
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quatrain
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4-line stanza
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sestet
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6-line stanza
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comedy
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drama that has a happy ending
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monologue
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a long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a character to toehr characters but they remain silent
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props
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moveable objects
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aside
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a brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to the other characters
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tragedy
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drama that shows the downfall or death of the main character
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drama
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a play written to be performed by actors
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tragic flaw
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a mistaken action or defect in a character
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pun
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a play on words
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comic relief
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a literary technique in which a serious scene is interrupted by introducing a humorous character or situation
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groundlings
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spectators at a theater that stood near the stage
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dramatic irony
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contadication between what a character thinks and what the audience knows
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iambic pentameter
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used in blank verse, a series of 5 sets of syllables
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soliloquy
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character's lengthy speech, expressing his true thoughts or feelings, that is unheard by other characters
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scene
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basic unit of a play
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tragic hero
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main character of tragedy,
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blank verse
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unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
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archetype
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theme that appears in literature from around the world and throughout history
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sets
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constructions indicating where the drama takes place
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hyperbole
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intentional overstatement or exaggeration
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satire
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writing that makes fun of the faults of an individual, society, etc.
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act
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basic unit of a play
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allusion
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reference to a well-known person, place, thing or idea from art, history, music, etc
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dialogue
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speeches/conversations given by the characters on stage
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playwright
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author of drama
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stage directions
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these tell how a drama is to be staged and performed
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Pleasure
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daughter of Eros and Psyche
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Eros
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god of love
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myth
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a fictional tale that explains the actions of the gods and human heroes
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Erato
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narrator o the play
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Hades
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god of the underworld
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ambrosia
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food of the gods
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Persephone
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wife of Hades
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Aphrodite
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goddess of love, the mother of Eros
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Zeus
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king of the gods
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Psyche
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mortal princess who asked many questions
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the Muses
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nine inspirations for the arts
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Zephyr
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West Wind
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Cerberus
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guardian of Hades' domain, a three-headed dog
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apothecary
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one who prepares drugs and medicines
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Benvolio
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Romeo's friend and cousin
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Escalus
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the Prince of Verona
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Friar Lawrence
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Romeo's spiritual advisor and friend
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Juliet
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Capulet's daughter
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Mantua
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town where Romeo seeks refuge after his banishment
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Mercutio
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Prince's kinsman who was killed by Tybalt
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Nurse
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Juliet's "second mother"
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Paris
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Prince's kinsman who was to marry Juliet
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Romeo
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Mantague's son
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Tybalt
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known as "The Prince of Cats"
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Verona
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primary setting for the play
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