Shakespeare Literacy Terms

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  1. 3. (“unrhymed”-no rhyme at the end of lines) verse Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (“pent”=5; “meter”=measure); each line of poetry contains 5 iambs, or metrical feet, that consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
  2. 5. Character who is used as a contrast to another character; writer sets off/intensifies the qualities of 2 characters this way.
  3. 6. relief Humor added that lessens the seriousness of a plot.
  4. 7. A combination of contradictory terms (EX: jumbo shrimp).
  5. 8. A story written to be acted for an audience.
  6. 11. Direct, unadorned form of language, written or spoken, in ordinary use
  7. 12. A speech by one character in a play.
  8. 13. A play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
  9. 15. A short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot
  10. 17. character Character who does not change much in the course of a story.
  11. 18. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme; couplets often signal the EXIT of a character or end of a scene
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  1. 1. irony A writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different
  2. 2. character Character who changes as a result of the story’s events
  3. 4. or detail that is inappropriate for the time period.
  4. 6. A group who says things at the same time
  5. 9. Words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be overheard by the others onstage
  6. 10. Fourteen-line 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).
  7. 11. A play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
  8. 14. irony The audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know
  9. 16. An unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.