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Drama terms
associated with Shakespeare study
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01/24/2005

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aside
Definition
A short speech meant to be heard by only the audience
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monologue
Definition
A long speech spoken in the presence of other
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soliloquy
Definition
A long speech that reveals inner thoughts
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groundling
Definition
poor person who paid a penny to see a play
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gallery
Definition
tiers of seating for the rich people
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pit
Definition
area around a stage where people stood to watch the play
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folio
Definition
Large printed edition of a Shakespearean play (sheet of paper folded in half)
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quarto
Definition
Small printed edition of a Shakespearean play (sheet of paper folded in quarters)
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oxymoron
Definition
putting opposites side by side (feather of lead)
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assonance
Definition
repeated vowel sound in a series of words
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consonance
Definition
repeated consonant sound in a series of words
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Renaissance
Definition
period of history when interest in art, music, etc. was reborn
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Plague
Definition
disease spread by fleas; one reason theaters closed
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Chain of Being
Definition
belief that there was a strict order for things and that violating that order created problems
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macrocosm/microcosm
Definition
belief that what happened in an individual's life reflected what was happening in the world
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humours
Definition
fluids that determined a person's personality (blood, black bile, yellow bile, choler)
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act
Definition
Large division of a play
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scene
Definition
Division of an act; small section of a play
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stage directions
Definition
Words written to tell the actors what to do; not to be read
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tragedy
Definition
play with a sad ending
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comedy
Definition
play with a happy ending
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history
Definition
play about a real person's life; invented by Shakespeare
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dialogue
Definition
conversation
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flashback
Definition
leaving the present to tell about something in the past
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foil character
Definition
people with opposite personalities though they are very much alike otherwise
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foreshadowing
Definition
hint at what will happen in the future
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irony
Definition
opposite from what is expected
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Dramatic irony
Definition
readers know something characters do not
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Situational irony
Definition
opposite happens from what is expected
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Verbal irony
Definition
opposite said from what is expected
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miracle play
Definition
early play based on Bible stories
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morality play
Definition
early play with characters named after qualities used to teach a lesson
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Setting
Definition
time and place
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Protagonist
Definition
main character
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figure of speech
Definition
way of saying something that is not literal, like a simile or metaphor
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plot
Definition
series of events that make a story
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masque
Definition
party with lots of singing and dancing, entertainment
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metaphor
Definition
comparison not using "like" or "as"
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personification
Definition
giving human qualities to something not human
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iambic
Definition
unstressed, stressed pattern in poety
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blank verse
Definition
iambic pentameter verse that does not rhynme
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medieval
Definition
relating to the Middle Ages
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rhyme scheme
Definition
pattern of rhyming words
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sonnet
Definition
fourteen -line poem written in iambic pentameter
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couplet
Definition
two lines of poetry written together that rhyme
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comic relief
Definition
humorous scenes placed before/after very serious ones to relieve the audience from a very serious mood
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Elizabethan
Definition
period when Queen Elizabeth reigned in England
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