Drama and Poetry Vocab

a play that ends with the death of a main character

• tragedy

• comedy

• prologue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes; having ten syllables per line

• aside

• stanza

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

a long speech given by one character

• monologue

• prologue

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

the repetition of stressed or unstressed syllables in each line of poetry; the beat

• consonance

• stanza

• rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a major section of a play, usually made up of several scenes

• prologue

• act

• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a brief monologue for the audience that is unheard by other characters on stage

• foil

• aside

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

an introduction to a play, usually spoken by a chorus

• monologue

• tragedy

• prologue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of words in a line of poetry

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

a poem in shape that suggests its subject

• lyric poem

• narrative poem

• concrete poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

poetry not written in regular rhythmical pattern

• free verse

• stage directions

• concrete poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5