DRAMA TERMS Romeo and Juliet

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Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something a character on stage does not know.

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Verbal Irony

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Language that states the opposite of what is intended.

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Tragedy

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A play of serious actions that ends unhappily.

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Pun

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The humorous use of a word in such a way to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of a similar word.

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Internal Conflict

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Psychological struggle within the mind of a character.

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External Conflict

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A struggle between a character and an outside force.

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Monologue

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A long speech by one character in a play.

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Soliloquy

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An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when alone, often used to reveal a character's inner thoughts.

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Blank Verse

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter, often used in English dramatic poetry.

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.