Elements of Drama & Romeo and Juliet

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A person who writes plays

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playwright

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Dramatic convention: speech by one character

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Monologue

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Audience knows, characters don't

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Dramatic Irony

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Tell actors what to do

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Stage directions

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Written part of a play

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script

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Main sections of a play

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Acts

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Opening of a story

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Prologue

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Remark heard by audience, unheard by characters

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Aside

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Hyperbole

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Figurative language that exaggerates.

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Leading character in a story

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Protagonist