Act 1 Flashcards

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Grave

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(N) tomb
(Adj) weighty, momentous, important
(V) to cut, as letters or design) on a hard surface

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Wean

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Gradually free from a habit activity, or dependence

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Aside (in drama)

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When an actor on stage talks so only the audience can hear

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Connotation

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Other meanings to a word; what you associate it with

Ex) home=love

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Couplet

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Pair of rhyming lines, usually same in length and meter

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Denotation

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Dictionary meaning

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Dialogue

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Conversation b/w characters in a drama or narrative

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Disparage

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To say bad things about

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