MSND Vocab. List # 1

Literature primarily designed to be performed by actors to an audience.

• stage

• drama

• literature

• imagery

A poet and playwright born in 1564.  He wrote 38 plays.

• Pyramus

• William Smith

• Mickey Mouse

• Shakespeare

The methods an author uses to develop the qualities and personalities of people in a story.

• characterization

• Chicken McNuggets

• antagonist

• protagonist

Intended to make an audience laugh; ends happily.

• drama

• romance

• comedy

• tragedy

Speech by one person alone on stage, reveals true thoughts.

• debate

• speech

• monologue

• soliloquy

Drama which recounts the fall of an individual; nothing goes right.

• tragedy

• tapestry

• turn-over

• triangle

To be regretted or pitied.  To feel sorry for oneself.

• lament

• empathy

• sympathy

• leotard

A state of irritation or worry.

• drama

• lament

• vexation

• farce

The use of metaphorical language to produce pictures in the minds of readers or hearers.

• flavor

• audible

• sensory

• imagery

A ridiculous or empty display.

• farts

• farce

• soliloquy

• lament