La 9/10 Romeo/juliet Vocab

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Anachronism

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the error of placing the wrong person or object in the wrong time period

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Elizabethan

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a term or adjective given to the period of time Elizabeth I rules England

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Blank Verse

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Unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter

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Iambic Pentameter

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A series of unstressed and stressed syllables in a poem or play (10-syllable lines in which every second syllable is stressed)

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Prologue

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Preface or introduction of a play (an introduction or exposition)

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Monologue

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A speech by one character in a play, story, or poem directed to other characters on the stage

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Allusion

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A reference to well-known literature, work of art, society) that the reader had to have previous knowledge about in order to understand the context

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Bawdy qualities

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obscene, lewd, crude, or vulgar tendencies

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Double Entendre

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A word play, a technique used where literature or lines of a play have a double meaning

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Paradox

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Two words put together that are opposite in meaning that seems contrary to common sense and yet could be true

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Hyperbole

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An intended exaggeration or overstatement in a literary work

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Irony

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A contrast bet. what is expected to happen and what actually occurs

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Verbal Irony

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The opposite of what is said and what is meant

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Situational Irony

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When the event is a surprise to both the audience and the characters

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows what is happening to the characters, but the characters have no clue

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Comedy

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a work of literature with the intention of evoking laughter, most often used in plays

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Tragedy

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a work of literature that results in catastrophe for the main character, most often used in plays

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Protagonist

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the main character of a literary work

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Antagonist

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a character in force in conflict with the main character, or protagonist

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Dramatic Foil

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a character who possesses opposite traits of another character, bringing out differing personality traits

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Confidante

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one to whom secrets are confided, usually the protagonist's friend in which he/she confides

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Aside

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a short speech, delivered by an actor in a play, expressing the character's thoughts, usually directed to the audience and is presumed inaudible to other actors

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Soliloquy

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a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character ALONE ON STAGE.