Poetry Theater

2. Irony When the audience knows something the characters do not.
6. A consistent meter, but no rhyme scheme - iambic pentameter
8. Two lines of poetry that are next to each other and have end rhyme
10. Speech/Conversation between two or more characters
12. Long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
14. Rhetoric that appeals to the feelings or emotions of the audience
15. A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem (paragraph of a poem)
17. The weakness of the tragic hero that brings about the downfall
19. A character that’s purpose is to contrast another character
21. A type of poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme
22. Rhetoric that appeals to the ethics or credibility of the speaker.
23. No consistent pattern of rhyme or meter

1. A great hero/character that is destined for downfall
3. Speech (usually longer and more important) by one character
4. Word choice or literary devices used to help with the art of persuasion. Examples: anaphora, alliteration, parallel structure, simile, metaphor, etc.
5. The meter used in Shakespeare’s sonnets. 10 syllables (5 iams both made of two syllables - one stressed and one unstressed)
7. A performance/story told LIVE
9. Rhetoric that appeals to facts and logic of the subject matter.
11. The art of persuasion
13. A play that ends with the downfall of the tragic hero - usually brought on by a personal flaw
16. Words are spoken, usually a short amount, not meant to be heard by the audience.
18. When the opposite of what is expected occurs
20. A play that is humorous and entertaining