Shakespeare Terms Flashcards

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Shakespearean sonnet

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14 line poem
3 quatrains and 1 couplet
rhyme scheme is abab (quatrains), cc (couplet)
iambic pentameter

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Couplet

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a pair of rhyming lines

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Tragedy

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drama that ends in catastrophe (most often death) for the main characters

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Comedy

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dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone, usually ending happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict

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Tragic hero

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character(s) who are involved in historically and socially significant events

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Tragic flaw

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a decision that is often an error in judgement

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Monologue

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poem/speech which the speaker addresses a silent or app sent listener as if engaged in a private conversation

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Soliloquy

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a speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts out loud

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Dialogue

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written conversation between two or more characters

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Aside

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shorts speech directed to the audience, or another character, that is not heard by the other characters on stage

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Foil

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a character who provides a striking contrast to another character

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Blank verse

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unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter

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Allusion

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indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

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Pun

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joke that comes from a play on words

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Iambic pentameter

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five stressed syllables alternating with five unstressed syllables per line

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