english vocab

20 cards·by aalia

prologue

an opening to a story that establishes the setting and gives background information.

Sonnet

a 14 line poem, written in iambic pentameter. with the last lines rhyming.

Soliloquy

a character that relates her thoughts to herself or the audience without involving the other characters.

Aside

dramatic device inn which character speaks to the audience which is unheard by other characters.

Tragedy

serious play in which the chief character passes through a series of misfortunate events leading to a final, devastating catastrophe.

Comedy

a play in which the characters manage to avert an impending disaster and have a happy ending

Blank verse

unrhymed lines of ten syllables

Prose

ordinary form of spoken and written language

Pun

A form of word play (heavy lightness, serious vanity)

oxymoron

two words that pose a seeming contradiction (o, brawling love, o, loving hate)

Paradox

a contradictory statement that seems not to make sense but is true.

Romeo

Montague

Lord Montague

Romeo's Dad

Lady Montague

Mother of Romeo

Juliet

Capulet

Lady and Lord Capulet

Juliet's Parents

Tybalt

Juliets cousin

Benvolio

cousin and best friend of Romeo

Mercutio

Cousin and best friend of Benvolio and Romeo

Paris

Wants to marry Juliet