R + J Terms

Question 1

Act

Answer 1

Like a chapter, R +J has 5 acts

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

Repetition of a phrase or word

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

Reference to something in the past of previous literature

Question 4

Aside

Answer 4

Brief remark made inly to the audience

Question 5

Blank verse

Answer 5

Style in which Shakespeare wrote - unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 6

Chorus

Answer 6

Group of people who gave brief background info

Question 7

Climax

Answer 7

Most exciting part

Question 8

Comic relief

Answer 8

Character that provides laughter

Question 9

Confidante

Answer 9

Someone who you can entrust darkest secrets to

Question 10

Dialogue

Answer 10

Speech in a play

Question 11

Couplet

Answer 11

Two lines that rhyme, same ending rhyme

Question 12

Dramatic irony

Answer 12

When audience knows something that the characters don’t know

Question 13

Drama

Answer 13

Story

Question 14

Exposition

Answer 14

Explaining of whats happening

Question 15

Falling action

Answer 15

Outcome of the climax

Question 16

Foreshadowing

Answer 16

Giving clued about something that is going to happen in the future

Question 17

Figurative language

Answer 17

Not being literal, using figurative words

Question 18

Foil

Answer 18

Putting together of two or more unlike characteristics for dramatic effect

Question 19

Foreshadow

Answer 19

to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure

Question 20

Foreboating

Answer 20

Something bad is going to happen

Question 21

Metaphorical language

Answer 21

Adaptation of figurative language, using metaphors

Question 22

Iambic pentameter

Answer 22

10 beats per line, every other syllable is stressed

Question 23

Irony

Answer 23

3 types; situational- unexpected outcome, verbal, dramatic- only audience knows whats going on

Question 24

Malapropism

Answer 24

Saying something the wrong way

Question 25

Metaphor

Answer 25

a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”

Question 26

Monologue

Answer 26

Someone says something really long

Question 27

Omen

Answer 27

Sign of destiny

Question 28

Personification

Answer 28

Treating of something inanimate as if it were alive

Question 29

Prose

Answer 29

Normal writing, simplistic, no verse

Question 30

Prologue

Answer 30

Lines at the beginning if a play to help explain, said by chorus

Question 31

Pun

Answer 31

Play on words

Question 32

Resolution (denouement)

Answer 32

Tying up loose ends, conclusion

Question 33

Rhythm

Answer 33

meter in which something is done, beat

Question 34

Rhyme scheme

Answer 34

Rhyming pattern

Question 35

Rising action

Answer 35

Longest part of a story, after intro, struggle cones into view

Question 36

Setting

Answer 36

Time and place, in intro

Question 37

Scene

Answer 37

Located in acts, like chapters

Question 38

Soliloquy

Answer 38

Long drawn out speech by one character on stage, his thoughts, only meant for audience to hear

Question 39

Sonnett

Answer 39

A poem with 14 lines, AB AB rhyme scheme, iambic pentameter, Shakespearean sonnet

Question 40

Symbolism

Answer 40

Something which stands for itself and something else

Question 41

Theme

Answer 41

The message the author is trying to get across

Question 42

Tragedy

Answer 42

Protagonist (main character) dies

Question 43

Tragic flaw

Answer 43

Something about you that will lead to your death

Question 44

Tragic hero

Answer 44

Hero if the story dies