Quarter 4 - Vocab List Part 1

A device used in plays and novels to relieve audiences between tragic scenes.

A play that ends happily, often with characters getting married or getting what they wanted.

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

A drama combining elements of tragedy and comedy

a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

The act of a character speaking their thoughts aloud.

a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for other characters on the stage

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

When a reader is aware of something that a character in the story isn't aware of

A struggle between a character and an outside force

A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter.

A struggle taking place mainly inside a character's mind

A play that ends with death or failure of the hero characters.

A character who acts as a contrast to another character

The feeling of relief you have after something upsetting is finished.

excessive pride or self-confidence

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

A fatal weakness or limitation of a character

4-line stanza of a sonnet

a poetic meter that is made up of 5 unstressed syllables each followed by a stressed syllable