Romeo And Juliet

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Tragedy

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A great loss or event that results in sadness

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Couplet

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A form or way of formatting poety

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Oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Prologue

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A time before the story takes place

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Aside

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a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play

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Dramatic Irony

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irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and isunderstood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in theplay

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Stage Directions

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an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions,movements of performers, or production requirements

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Dialogue

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lines that are spoken between characters

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Extended Metaphor

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a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all orpart of a literary work, especially a poem

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Sonnet

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Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought,idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, withrhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being inthe strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (theoctave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in acommon English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.

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Foreshadowing

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to hint at an event before it happends

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Motif

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a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic,or musical work.

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Iambic Penteameter

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A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

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comic relief

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comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.a character or characters providing this.

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Pun

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a play on words

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Blank Verse

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A blank verse is a poem with no rhyme but does have iambic pentameter. This means it consists of lines of five feet, each foot being iambic, meaning two syllables long, one stressed followed by an unstressed

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Dramatic foil

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In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.

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Monologue

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A monologue is a speech delivered by one person, or a long one-sided conversation that makes you want to pull your hair out from boredom. The Greek root word monologos translates to “speaking alone,” and that's a monologue: one person doing all the talking.