Romeo and Juliet Pre-Reading Flashcard

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Antagonist

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the force working against the protagonist

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A tragedy is...

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a drama that ends in catastrophe--the plot goes from bad to worse

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Puns

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jokes that result from multiple word meanings or rhyming sounds

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An ________ is the traditional way playwrights break up the action of a play.

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Act

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Allusion

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a reference, within a work, to something that the audience is expected to know

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Protagonist

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the main character in a story, often facing conflict

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Dramatic Irony

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when the audience knows more than the characters in the story

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Foreshadowing

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a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story

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Soliloquy

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a speech in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, often when alone

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Theme

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the central idea or message in a literary work