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Stage directions
italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information.
Couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme.
Volta
or turn, is a rhetorical shift or dramatic change in thought and /or emotion.
Soliloquy
a lengthy speech by one character who is talking to him- or herself.
Malapropism
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word.
Allusion
a reference to a work of literature, an historical figure or time period in history, or to something in popular culture without directly mentioning it.
Oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Meter
the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
Monologue
a lengthy speech by one character, addressed to other characters.
Sonnet
a 14- line poem written in iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme (aabb, ccdd, eeff, gg)
Scene
a division of an act into smaller parts.
Tragedy
a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions.
Quatrain
a stanza of four lines in a poem.
Chorus
a character whose job it is to introduce or summarize important information.
Stanza
the grouping of lines in a poem (couplets, quatrain, etc .)
Iambic pentameter
a line of poetry with five metric feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
Dramatic foil
A dramatic foil is a character who is the exact opposite of another character.
Rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines of poetry.
Verbal irony
to say one thing and mean the other.
Meter
a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
Meter
a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
Malapropism
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word
Aside
a short line delivered directly to the audience or to another character
Monologue
a lengthy speech by one character, addressed to other characters
Meter
the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse
Volta
or turn, is a rhetorical shift or dramatic change in thought and/or emotion
Sonnet
a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme (aabb, ccdd, eeff, gg)
iamb
one metric foot consisting of one unstressed and one stressed syllable, in that order
iambic pentameter
a line of poetry with five metric feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
Stanza
the grouping of lines in a poem (couplets, quatrain, etc.)
Quatrain
a stanza of four lines in a poem
Couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme
Chorus
a character whose job it is to introduce or summarize important information
Scene
a division of an act into smaller parts
Rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines of poetry
Act
a division within a play, much like chapters of a novel
Situational irony
to expect one thing and the opposite occur
Dramatic irony
This irony is developed when the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not know
Verbal irony
to say one thing and mean the other
Dramatic foil
A dramatic foil is a character who is the exact opposite of another character
Oxymoron
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Stage directions
italicized comments that identify parts of the setting or the use of props or costumes, give further information about a character, or provide background information
Tragedy
a serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions
