| Aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |
| soliloquy | a speech given by a character alone on stage |
| blank verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) |
| comic relief | A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood |
| tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |
| tragic flaw | A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero |
| tragic hero | A literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot |
| foil | a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another |
| imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |
| mask | a covering to disguise or conceal the face |
| masque | masked |
| masquerade | a party of guests wearing costumes and masks |
| prologue | an introduction to a play |
| pun | a joke that results from multiple word meanings |
| allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
| sonnet | a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme |
| theme | The main idea of the story |
| characterzation | the act of creationg and devoloping a character by revealing the character’s traits, actions, apperence or speech. |
| dramatic irony | when a reader is aware of something that a character isn’t |
| situational irony | an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected |
| verbal irony | sarcasm |
| plot | the sequence of events in a story |
| plot structure | The usual order of events in a particular story |
| exposition | background information presented in a literary work |
| rising action | the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax. |
| climax | the turning point in a story |
| falling action | events after the climax, leading to the resolution |
| resolution | finding a solution to a problem |
Romeo And Juliet definition
August 21, 2019