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Drama
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fiction written to be preformed by actors in front of an audience. Plays are divided into acts; acts are subdivided into scenes.
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Iambic Pentameter
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a poetic meter in which each line has five metric feet and each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed verse written in a meter known as iambic pentameter. Much of Shakespeare's work is written in blank verse.
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Chorus
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a character who, as developed in Greek drama, functions as a narrator offering commentary on a play's plot and themes. Unlike other characters who engaged in dialogue, the chorus spoke directly to the audience in Elizabethan dramas and often spoke the prologue and epilogue.
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Prologue
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an introductory section of a play, speech, or literary work
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Dialogue
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conversation that takes place between characters in a literary work
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Monologue
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a long speech or written expression of thoughts by a character in a literary work
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Soliloquy
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a dramatic device in which a character, alone onstage (or while thinking he is alone), reveals his or her private thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud.
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Aside
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in a play, a comment that a character makes to the audience, which other characters onstage do not hear. The speaker turns to one side -or "aside"- away from the action on stage and speaks directly to reveal what he or she is thinking.
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Tragedy
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a play in which a main character suffers a downfall. That character, the "tragic hero", is typically a person or dignified or heroic stature. The downfall may result from outside forces of from a weakness in the character which is known as the characters "tragic flaw"
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Tragic Hero
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same as tragedy
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Stage Directions
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instructions written by a playwright that describe the appearance and actions of characters, as well as the sets, props, costumes, sound effects, suggested for the play.
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Pun
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a humorous play on words. Puns usually involve words that are similar in sound. (merry, marry) A word that has several meanings.
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Oxymoron
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a figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined (jumbo shrimp)
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Foreshadowing
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hints or clues that an author uses to prepare readers for events taht will happen later in the story
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Irony
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a difference between what is expected and what actually happens (3 types)
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Situational Irony
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the outcome is the opposite of what was expected
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Verbal Irony
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a character says one thing and means another
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Dramatic Irony
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the audience or reader knows information that the characters do not
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Sonnet
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a lyric poem of 14 lines, typically written in iambic pentameter and usually following strict patterns of stanza form and rhyme scheme. The Shakespearean sonnet consists of 3 quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet. the rhyme scheme is typically: ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG
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Extended Metaphor
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a metaphor that compares two unlike things in various ways throughout a paragraph, stanza, or entire selection
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Foil
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a character who provides a strong contrast to another character. By using a foil, a writer calls attention to the strengths and weaknesses of a character.
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