vocab quiz r&j Flashcards
Soliloquy
Length speech in which a character-usually alone to the audience
Aside
A brief remark by a character revealing thoughts or feelings to the audience unheard by others
Monologue
A lengthy speech except its addressed to others on stage not the audience
Allusions
References or well known people places or event from myths or literature
Gallant
Brave and noble
Fray
Noisy fight
Martial
Military
Exile
Banish
Eloquence
speech that is vivid , forceful, graceful, and persuasive
Fickle
Changeable
Equivocate
To technically tell the truth while understand that you’ll be misunderstood and you’ll be misunderstood and maybe even like it
Comic Relief
A technique that is used to interrupt a serious part of a literary work by adding a humorous character in a situation
Dramatic Irony
A contradiction between what a character thinks or says and what the audience or reader knows to be true
Pensive
thinking deeply or seriously
Vial
Small bottle containing medicine or other liquid
Enjoined
ordered
Wayward
Headstrong, willfull
Dismal
Causing gloom or misery
Loathsome
Disgusting
Pilgrimage
Long journey often for religious purposes
Tragedy
A drama in which the central character who is usually the noble stature meets with disaster or great misfortune
Remnants
Remaining or persons or things
Penury
extreme poverty
Haughty
arrogant