Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary

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What is a drama?

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Story written to be performed by actors

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Tragedy

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Story with an unhappy ending

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Chorus

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Group that acts as one

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One thing said, another meant

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verbal irony

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Audience knows something character doesn't

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Dramatic irony

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An unusually long speech by a character alone on stage

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soliloquy

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A speech by one character in a group

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Monologue

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Character speaks in low tones to the audience

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Aside

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A play on words

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pun