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33 Cards in this Set
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Soliloquy |
A long speech given by a character alone on stage that reveals his/her innermost thoughts to the audience |
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Stage directions |
Notes included in a play that describe how the work is to be performed or staged |
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Trochee |
A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable; the opposite of an iamb |
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Anoint |
To apply or rub on |
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Apace |
Quickly |
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Art |
Form of the verb "to be"; art=are |
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Bower |
A lady's private dwelling/bedroom |
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But |
Only |
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Changeling |
Infant secretly exchanged for another |
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Chaste |
Virginal, pure |
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Counsel |
advice |
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Dote |
To show excessive affection to |
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Enamored |
In love with |
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Epilogue |
Final scene of a play summarizing the main action |
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Ere |
Before |
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Eyne |
eyes |
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Fair |
beautiful |
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Fie |
expression of disgust |
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Hence |
From this place |
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Knave/Knavery |
Knave= a mischievous young male; Knavery=trickery |
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Mantle |
A woman's cloak or shawl |
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Nuptial |
Wedding |
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Nymph |
A young, beautiful woman (origin is a mythological creature |
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Prologue |
Introduction to a written or performed work |
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Rare |
Unusual |
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Scorn |
insult |
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Spite |
Outrage |
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Sprite |
supernatural (fairy) being |
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Transposed/Translated |
Changed |
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Visage |
appearance, especially the face |
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Wane/Wax |
Wane= shrink Wax= grow |
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Woe |
Sadness, grief, lament |
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Woo |
To try and win the heart of another |
