Shakespeare

3. character who changes as a result of the story’s events
5. a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
8. a speech by one character in a play.
11. short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
14. event or detail that is inappropriate for the time period.
16. lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes (Shakespearean-3 four-line units or quatrains, followed by a concluding two-line unit, or couplet; abab cdcd efef gg)
17. two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
18. a group who says things at the same time

1. a play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
2. play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end
4. humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot.
6. character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way.
7. story written to be acted for an audience
9. direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
10. irony-the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
12. a combination of contradictory terms (EX: jumbo shrimp).
13. an unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.
15. character who does not change much in the course of a story.