Romeo & Juliet Final

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star-crossed lovers

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A pair of star-crossed lovers

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What introduces the setting and background before the story?

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Prologue

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Process of developing characters

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Characterization

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Spoken words

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All of the above: poetry for performance, roots in oral tradition, elements of rap, hip-hop, storytelling, theater, jazz, rock, blues, folk music.

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Contrasting character

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Character foil

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Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry

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Couplet

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Poetic style: unstressed + stressed syllable, 5 times per line

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Iambic Pentameter

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Character speaks directly to audience

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Aside

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A statement that contradicts itself but is true

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Oxymoron

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Long serious speech alone on stage

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Soliloquy