Shakespeare Final Vocabulary Review

A story to be performed by actors before an audience

Language that uses figures of speech or expressions that are not literally true

A humorous play on words

A trait leading to the character's downfall (often the hero)

Two consecutive lines of rhymed verse that work together to make a point

A character who provides a strong contrast to another character, usually a main character

An introductory section of a play, speech, or other literary speech

A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined; "O brawling love, O loving hate"

A dramatic device in which a character, alone onstage, reveals his or her private thoughts

A comment a character makes to the audience which other characters onstage do not hear

One of two or more units that make up an act

A humorous scene, event, or speech in an otherwise serious drama

A major unit or division of a play

Descriptive language appealing to one or more of the five senses; helps create a picture in the reader's mind

A lyric poem of 14 lines following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme

A type of drama that is humorous and typically has a happy ending

A long speech or written expression of a character's thoughts in a literary work

An author's use of clues to prepare readers for events that will happen later in a story

Drama in which protagonist fails to reach goals; usually ends with his/her death

A situation or statement that appears to be contradictory but is actually true either in fact or in a figurative sense