Shakespeare Metalanguage Flashcards
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Tradegy
A play in which there is no happy ending, and most characters die.
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Prologue
An opening which introduces the play’s main characters, setting and plot.
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Monologue
A speech given by a character
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Soliloquy
A speech given by one charcater alone on stage, expressing their thoughts and feelings.
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Aside
A short speech given by one character that is directed to the audience, while other characters are on stage.
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Pun
A joke which has many possible meanings
of a word or using words that sound alike
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Innuendo
Dergoatory remark of a pun that references to crude or sexual actions or images.
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Comic Relief
Technique which interrupts a serious part of a play by a character or situation.
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Foil
A character which provides contrast to another character.
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Blank verse
Has a regular rhythm but does not rhyme.
Form of poetry
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Iambic pentameter
Has five pairs of syllables where the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.
A line of poetry
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Rhyming Couplet
A pair of two consecutive lines that rhyme.
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Prose
Has no regular rhythm.
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Verse
Another word for poetry
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Dialogue
What the characters say to each other.
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Imagery
A technique which is visual symbolism.
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Pathetic Fallacy
When nature is described to have emotions.
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Motif
A repeated image or symbol
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Contrast
A technique which there are opposites.
E.g. contrasting events, contrasting characters, contrasting ideas.
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Oxymoron
Two opposite ideaswithin the same figure of speech
Very similar to juxtaposition.
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Dichotomy
Division of a thing into two equal and contradictory parts
E.g. good/evil, real/imaginary, love/hate
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Binary opposites
Concepts which are generally considered as opposed to one another.
E.g. black/white, female/male, mind/body
