Academic Vocabulary Part 1

A long uninterrupted speech delivered by a character to other characters on the stage.

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

• direct charicterization

A brief remark a character makes to the audience rather than to the characters on the stage.

• soliloquy

• direct characterization

• monologue

• aside

Writer shows what the character is like through speech, thoughts, and actions.

• Direct Characterization

• Round (Dynamic) Characters

• Indirect Characterization

• Iambic Pentameter

A multi-dimensional character that grows in the story.

• Blank Verse

• Oxymoron

• Round (Dynamic) Character

• Connotation

Poetry written in iambic pentameter that is not rhymed; major verse form in Shakespeare's plays.

• Blank Verse

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Soliloquy

Combining contradictory words for dramatic effect.

• Indirect Characterization

• Iambic Pentameter

• Oxymoron

• Morons

The dictionary definition of a word.

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Oxymoron

• Monologue

The writer tells the audience about the character.

• Indirect Characterization

• Blank Verse

• Telling The Audience

• Direct Characterization

The feelings associated with certain words.

• Oxymoron

• Meaning

• Connotation

• Definition

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

• Speech

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Iambic Pentameter