Romeo and Juliet- Dramatic terms

4. irony – Character reveals inability to understand his/her situation. Most effective when characters make fateful choices based on information the reader realizes is correct.
7. – The actor(s) who address the audience directly and comment on action of the play.
8. – Words spoken by a character alone on stage, expressing his/her thoughts aloud.
11. – Words that tell the actors how to move or speak.
13. – Conversation among characters.
14. - A bit of humor injected into a serious play to relieve the heavy tension of tragic events.
15. – Long, uninterrupted speech spoken in the presence of characters on stage.
16. – A serious play in which the characters meet with an unhappy or disastrous ending.

1. – Story acted out, usually on stage, by actors who play the various characters.
2. – Words spoken by a character, usually in an undertone, not intended to be heard by other characters on stage.
3. - A character trait that leads one to his/her own downfall or destruction.
5. – Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
6. – Humorous, clever use of a word/phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time.
8. – A fourteen line lyric poem of three four-line stanzas and a concluding couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg
9. – A character who sets off another character by contrast.
10. – A preface or introduction to a play.
12. - A light play with a happy ending.