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30 Cards in this Set
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public theaters were built around
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roofless courtyards
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wealthy people sat...
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on benches in the three levels of galleries
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poor people stood...
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and watched a play from the courtyard, which was called the pit.
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When were performances given?
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Only during the day- no artificial light
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Globe theater...
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-most of Shakespeare's plays were performed there.
-held between 2,500 and 3,000 people -round or octagonal shaped |
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Scenery in theaters...
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-No scenery in the theaters
-settings were indicated by refrences in the dialogue |
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Costumes...
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-the actors wore elaborate clothing
-typical Elizabethan clothing |
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Acting companies were made up of only...
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Men and boys. Performing on stage was not considered proper for a woman. Young boys played the female roles before their voices changed.
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Dialogue
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a conversation between characters that may reveal their traits and advance the action of a narrative.
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monologue
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a speech by one character that is addressed ti another character or characters.
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dialogue
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a conversation between characters that may reveal their traits and advance the action of a narrative.
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monolouge
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a play is a speech by one character that is addressed to another character or characters.
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soliloquy
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a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on a stage.
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aside
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a short speech delivered by a character in a play in order to express his or her true thoughts and feelings.
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tragedy
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a work of literature, especially a play, that results in a catastrophe, a disaster or great misfortune, for the main character, or tragic hero.
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tragic hero
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a significant person- a king or hero- the cause of the tragedy is a tragic flaw, or weakness, in his or her character.
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allusion
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a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
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metaphors
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a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken as though it were something else.
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words that imitate sounds.
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oxymoron
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a combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other.
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blank verse
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poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines.
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tone
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the writer;s attitude toward his or her audience and subject.
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mood
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the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. The mood is often suggested by descriptive details.
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comic relief
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a technique that is used to interrupt a serious part of a literary work by introducing a humorous character or situation.
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dramatic irony
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There is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true.
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sonnet
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a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.
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meter
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a poem's rhythmical pattern. This pattern is determined by the number and types of stresses, or beats, in each line.
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hyperbole
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a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
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alliteration
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds. writers use alliteration to give emphasis to words, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects.
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denouement
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resolution
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