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| (N) condiiton of disorder. When there is no government there is chaos. Syn: Anarchy |
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| N. Remark made in an undertone. Plays by shakespeare have a lot of aside remarks. Syn: under breath |
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| (N). Inscription on a tombstone. RIP is a common epitaph. Syn Legend |
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| (N). Drama in which characters suffer. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy Syn: sad |
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| (N)> Rhetorical figure in which contradictory terms are combines. Cold fire. Syn: irony |
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| (N). Term used to characterize a person. An epithet for Bob is he is fat. Syn: Description |
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| (V) To be able to understand. I am a very witty person to understand political jokes. Syn: banter |
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| (N). Dramatic soliloquy. I gave a monologue about how cats are good. Syn: Speech |
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| (N). State of mind or emotion. The mood of the characters was depressing. Syn: emotion |
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| (N). Exaggeration. It's raining cats and dogs. Syn: exaggeration |
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| (N). Dramatic effect achieved by a speech. The audience knew Romeo and Juliet were going to die. Syn: foreshadow |
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| (N). Verse consisting of unrhymed lines. People talk in blank verses. Syn: stanza |
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| (V)> To present and indication of beforehand. I foreshadowed Romeo's death. Syn: predict |
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| (N) Main division of drama. Romeo and Juliet are split into 5 acts. Syn: action |
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| (N). Scenery for plays. Harry potter fighting voldemort at Hogwarts. Syn: background |
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| (N). Internal problem. I had an internal conflict whether to eat the pie or the cake. Syn: internal problems |
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| (N). Unit of verse with two lines that rhyme. I ate a pie. It was a lie. This is an example of a couplet. Syn: rhyme |
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| (N) Everyday speech. Talking with your friends is an example of prose. Syn: speech |
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| (N). Outer problem. I was fighting my friend is an example fo an external conflict. Syn: outer problem |
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| (N) Small unit of a play in which there is no shift or times. There are multiple scenes in an act that occur near each other. Syn: division |
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