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| unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter; every other syllable is accented. |
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| opposite/ brings out character traits of another character |
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| character is alone on stage expresses thoughts and feelings, as if thinking aloud (SOLO= by yourself)) |
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| character talks a long time, but in the presence or to other characters. (MONO=one) |
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| conversation with at least 2 characters. |
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| brief remark from a character to the audience (off to the side) that is not heard by other characters. |
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| reference to literature, religion, mythology, or history. Deepens meaning of the line or story. |
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| 4 types – verbal (sarcasm; saying something other than what is meant in order to cause a certain effect), |
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| (irony that a situation occurs that the reader does not expect, or is opposite of what is expects; if it is a situation that ends in death or tragedy, it then becomes cosmic irony, AKA “fate”), |
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| (which is when the reader knows more about a situation in the story than the other characters do.) |
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| the author gives hints and preparations for future events in the story |
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| drama type where central character meets with tragedy or misfortune. Conflicts usually end in death. Tragedies evoke the disillusionment and agony of life. Tragic protagonists are destroyed by their own self-destructive tendencies, or by external forces over which they have no control – nature, rivals, society, war, poverty, illness. Their downfall and death often seem predestined |
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| Comedies reflect the foibles, contradictions, and confusions of man and society. They may be broadly funny and playful, wry and cynical, or satirical and biting. Comic protagonists face many conflicts, but they usually emerge unscathed from them. |
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| insight to life, in tragedy it concerns the downfall of the hero or heroine. Can be universal (like love, revenge) or specific (illicit love does not always last forever) Examples include vengeance, passion, forgiveness, despair, hope, |
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| use of rich, descriptive language to evoke the senses. It creates mood and reveals characters. |
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| giving inanimate objects human qualities. |
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| uses metaphors to compare unlike things |
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| uses “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things |
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| in Shakespearean drama, a chorus is a group of narrators who sum up or preview the action. |
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| a 14 line poem that has a specific rhyme scheme. Shakespeare created the “English sonnet” abab cdcd efef gg (3 quatrains with one couplet; a quatrain is 4 lines—think “quattro”; a couplet is a “couple” of lines, or 2) |
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| introduction to a play that gives basic or background information |
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