English Mid-Term

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ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
--Mercutio
This is an example of:

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Pun

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Define Tragedy

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A story where the main character is brought to ruin or suffers much sorrow.

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The Prologue is an example of:

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sonnet

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Define Monologue

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A speech given to actors by another actor.

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The nurse serves as:

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Comic Relief

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Define Comedy

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A light-hearted and humorous story.

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Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,...Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.
--Prince
This is an example of:

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Monologue

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Define Allusion

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The reference to biblical names or stories or mythological names or stories.

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The prologue was said by:

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The Chorus

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Define Personification

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Giving human qualities or thoughts to an animal, object, or idea.

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Romeo reffering to Diana and Cupid is an example of:

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Allusion

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Define Foreshadowing

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The use of hints or clues to foretell future events in the story.

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Define Hyperbole

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Intentional exaggeration usually used in emphasis on humor.

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Define Prologue

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The introduction that is said at the beginning of a play or story.

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The Magic Potion forces:

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Willing Suspension of Disbelief

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Define Quatrain

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The quatrain is a poem or stanza of four lines.

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A plague o' both your houses!
--Mercutio
This is an example of:

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Foreshadowing

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Define Imagery

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The Authors use of words to paint a picture in your mind.

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Mercutio and the nurse are examples of:

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foils

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Define Pun

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The use of a word with two meanings so that a line may mean two different things.

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Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
--Romeo
This is an example of:

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aside

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Define Theme

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The main Idea or message that is conveyed. Usually is an insight to human experience.

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ROMEO
In faith, I will. Let me peruse this face. Mercutio's kinsman, noble County Paris!...O true apothecary!
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
This is an example of:

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Soliloquy

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Define Dramatic Irony

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When The audience knows something the characters do not.

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ROMEO
I fear, too early: for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars.

This is an example of:

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Foreshadowing

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Define Foil

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A character whose traits are in contrast to another character's traits.

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This play is in the genre of:

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Tragedy

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Define Soliloquy

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A speech given to the audience by an actor that is alone on the stage.

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Define Willing Suspension of Disbelief

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When the audience is forced to set aside what they know to be true.

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Define Chorus

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A Group of people whose job it is to comment on what has happend.

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Define Sonnet

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A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a carefully patterned rhyme scheme.
Its fourteen lines break into an octave (or octet), which usually rhymes abbaabba, and a sestet.

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Define Tragic Flaw

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A character's trait that causes his sorrow or demise.

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Define Rhyme

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Using two words that end with the same sound.

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Define Oxymoron

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When an author uses opposites to describe each other.

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Define Aside

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When an actor is not alone and says somthing to the audience but not the other actors.

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Define Metaphor

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The comparisan of to things without the use of like or as.

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Define Simile

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The comparison of two things using like or as.

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Define Comic Relief

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The way an author lightens the mood.