Romeo and Juliet Dramatic Terms

a play of serious actions that ends unhappily

• blank verse

• dramatic irony

• tragedy

• comedy

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

several lines spoken by one character alone on stage

• sonnet

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

an expression that combines contradictory ideas together

• dramatic irony

• tragedy

• oxymoron

• tragic flaw

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

a main character in a tragedy

• flat character

• round character

• monologue

• tragic hero

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

the character trait that brings about a sad ending

• dramatic irony

• tragic flaw

• dramatic personality

• couplet

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

one character speaks multiple lines in a row to others on stage

• monologue

• sonnet

• soliloquy

• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

when the audience knows something a character on stage does not know

• tragic flaw

• drama

• tragedy

• dramatic irony

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

lines spoken to the audience as if other actors can't hear them

• oxymoron

• aside

• exuent

• run-on line

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The purpose of the Chorus is to:

• Comment on the characters and events in the play

• Sing summaries of the previous scene

• Help the audience’s understand of the play

• Interpret and recall past events or to foretell the future

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

Foil

• Long uninterrupted speeches, most often to express mental thoughts

• One character's personality is the complete opposite of another's personality

• A stereotype

• Provides the background information needed to understand the story

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.10