Shakespeare Terms to Know

2. When the audience knows something the characters do not.
4. A performance/story told LIVE
10. A character that’s purpose is to contrast another character
11. Rhetoric that appeals to the ethics or credibility of the speaker.
13. No consistent pattern of rhyme or meter
14. is created by the pattern of the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.
15. A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem (paragraph of a poem)
17. Words are spoken, usually a short amount, not meant to be heard by the audience.
18. Speech (usually longer and more important) by one character
21. Rhetoric that appeals to facts and logic of the subject matter.
22. A repeating group of lines in a song or poem
24. When the last words in a line of poetry rhyme with another line’s last line
26. When the opposite of what is expected occurs
27. Words that sound like they are spelled
28. Word choice or literary devices used to help with the art of persuasion. Examples: anaphora, alliteration, parallel structure, simile, metaphor, etc.

1. A type of poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme
3. A great hero/character that is destined for downfall
5. Long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
6. The meter used in Shakespeare’s sonnets. 10 syllables (5 iams both made of two syllables - one stressed and one unstressed)
7. A consistent meter, but no rhyme scheme - iambic pentameter
8. The weakness of the tragic hero that brings about the downfall
9. Rhetoric that appeals to the feelings or emotions of the audience
12. When two or more words within a line of poetry rhyme
16. Two lines of poetry that are next to each other and have end rhyme
19. A play that is humorous and entertaining
20. A play that ends with the downfall of the tragic hero - usually brought on by a personal flaw
23. Speech/Conversation between two or more characters
25. The art of persuasion