Romeo And Juliet Final Test Flashcards
Dialogue
A conversation between characters
Stage directions
Notes included in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged
Chorus
A characteristic device in Ancient Greek drama, where in a group of actors speaking or chanting in unison
Tragedy
A work of literature that results in a catastrophe for the main characters
Tragic flaw
A flaw or weakness
Aside
An actor directly addresses the audience
Dramatic foil
Highlights or brings out personality traits of another character because of contrasting characteristics
Monologue
A speech by one character
Soliloquy
A long speech expression the thoughts and emotions of a character alone on stage
Foreshadowing
Hints at the end of the story
Motif
Ideas or images that reoccur
Verbal irony
What is said is the opposite of what is meant
Dramatic irony
When the reader knows more than the characters do
Situational irony
Where there is a difference in what the reader is led to expect and what actually happens
Pun
A play on words based on the similarity of sound between the two words with different meanings
