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Question 1

Paradox

Answer 1

A statement that contradicts itself.

Question 2

Oxymoron

Answer 2

Like paradox, but it’s two words placed together that are opposites.

Question 3

Monologue

Answer 3

Lengthy speech by one actor, who forgets about other actors on stage, who might be listening, but don’t respond.

Question 4

Courtly love

Answer 4

Popular style of writing and behaving in Shakespeare’s time.

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words, often used in poetry.

Question 6

Soliloquy

Answer 6

Monologue when a character is either by themselves onstage, or believes they are.

Question 7

Foil

Answer 7

A character who either emphasizes or de-emphasizes (exact opposite) the main character. Obnoxious and overly dramatic.

Question 8

Aside

Answer 8

Quick lines mumbled for the audience’s benefit (other characters onstage don’t hear it), in the stage directions.

Question 9

Characterization

Answer 9

Describing a story character fully.

Question 10

Shakespearean sonnet

Answer 10

14 lines, ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme, describes a problem and a solution. Uses iambic pentameter.

Question 11

Tragedy

Answer 11

Play style; starts happily, ends with death.

Question 12

Comedy

Answer 12

Play style; starts with dissatisfaction and chaos, ends with content and marriage.