9413808488 | Adversary | Opponent; enemy | 0 | |
9413808489 | Ambling | Strolling | 1 | |
9413808490 | Augment | To increase | 2 | |
9413808491 | Beseech | To beg | 3 | |
9413808492 | Chastity | Abstinence | 4 | |
9413808493 | Flourish | To swing | 5 | |
9413808494 | Kinsman | Relative | 6 | |
9413808495 | Pernicious | Deadly | 7 | |
9413808496 | Portentous | Forewarning; looming | 8 | |
9413808497 | Scathe | To harm | 9 | |
9413808498 | Act | The largest division in a play | 10 | |
9413808499 | Aside | When a character speaks directly to the audience and the rest of the characters do not hear | 11 | |
9413808500 | Balcony | Where the wealthy sat in the theater | 12 | |
9413808501 | Bard | A synonym for a poet and a nickname for Shakespeare | 13 | |
9413808502 | Box Office | Where the money was stored | 14 | |
9413808503 | Chorus | A group that narrates the play | 15 | |
9413808504 | Dialogue | Where two or more characters converse | 16 | |
9413808505 | Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something the characters do not | 17 | |
9413808506 | Dynamic Character | A character whose personality and beliefs change | 18 | |
9413808507 | Elizabethan England | When Queen Elizabeth I. ruled England | 19 | |
9413808508 | Flat Character | A character with only one personality trait | 20 | |
9413808509 | Foil | A character that is the opposite of another character | 21 | |
9413808510 | Globe Theater | The theater that Shakespeare partly owned | 22 | |
9413808511 | Groundlings | The people who paid only 1 penny to see the play and where stood near the stage | 23 | |
9413808512 | Iambic Pentameter | A heartbeat like rhythm that Shakespeare used | 24 | |
9413808513 | Monologue | A speech give by one character while other characters are on stage | 25 | |
9413808514 | Prologue | The opening section of the play which acts like an introduction | 26 | |
9413808515 | Renaissance | A time of renewal of the arts | 27 | |
9413808516 | Round Character | A character with multiple personality traits | 28 | |
9413808517 | Scene | The smallest section of a play/ a division of an act | 29 | |
9413808518 | Soliloquy | A speech given by one character when NO ONE else is on stage | 30 | |
9413808519 | Static Character | A character whose personality and beliefs do NOT change | 31 | |
9413808520 | Stratford-upon-Avon | Shakespeare's birthplace | 32 | |
9413808521 | Tragedy | A piece of literature in which the main characters begin is a position of high status and end in a lower status or death | 33 | |
9413808522 | Tragic Flaw | Harmatia; the trait that leads to a character's destruction | 34 | |
9413808523 | Tragic Hero | A character destroyed by his/her own tragic flaw | 35 | |
9413808524 | William Shakespeare | An English playwright and poet who lived in Elizabethan England who is often referred to as the greatest writer or all time | 36 |
Romeo and Juliet Act I. Vocabulary and Shakespearean Drama Terms Flashcards
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