PLAYS AND POEMS Literary conventions. LITERARY TERMS Tragedy: A narrative about serious and...
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PLAYS AND POEMS Literary conventions. LITERARY TERMS Tragedy: A narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily, usually with the death
LITERARY TERMS Tragedy: A narrative about serious and important
actions that end unhappily, usually with the death of the main
characters. Tragedy: A narrative about serious and important
actions that end unhappily, usually with the death of the main
characters. The play is broken up into acts and the acts are broken
up into scenes. The play is broken up into acts and the acts are
broken up into scenes. Monologue: A long uninterrupted speech given
by one character onstage to everyone. Monologue: A long
uninterrupted speech given by one character onstage to
everyone.
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Soliloquy: A long uninterrupted speech given by one character
alone on stage, inaudible to other characters Soliloquy: A long
uninterrupted speech given by one character alone on stage,
inaudible to other characters Aside: A short speech given by one
character, traditionally the other characters cannot hear. Aside: A
short speech given by one character, traditionally the other
characters cannot hear. Pun: A humorous play on words Pun: A
humorous play on words
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Dramatic Foil: A pair of characters who are opposite in many
ways and highlight or exaggerate each others differences.
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Blank Verse: Unrhymed meter; unrhymed iambic pentameter
specifically. Blank Verse: Unrhymed meter; unrhymed iambic
pentameter specifically. Iambic Meter: Each unstressed syllable is
followed by a stressed syllable. Iambic Meter: Each unstressed
syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. Couplets: Two
consecutive lines that rhyme (aa bb cc). Usually followed when a
character leaves or a scene ends. Couplets: Two consecutive lines
that rhyme (aa bb cc). Usually followed when a character leaves or
a scene ends. Sonnet: A fourteen line poem using the following
rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg. Sonnet: A fourteen line poem using
the following rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg.
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?A Thou art more lovely
and more temperate:B Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,A
And summer's lease hath all too short a date;B Sometime too hot the
eye of heaven shines,C And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;D
And every fair from fair sometime declines,C By chance or nature's
changing course untrimm'd;D But thy eternal summer shall not fade,E
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;F Nor shall Death brag
thou wander'st in his shade,E When in eternal lines to time thou
grow'st:F So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,G So long
lives this, and this gives life to thee.G
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Internal Rhyme: Words rhyming inside one line. Internal Rhyme:
Words rhyming inside one line. Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a
sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better End Line Rhyme: Words rhyming
at the end of consecutive lines. End Line Rhyme: Words rhyming at
the end of consecutive lines. So wont you stay with me So wont you
stay with me cuz youre all I need cuz youre all I need this aint
perfect cant you see this aint perfect cant you see so wont you
stay with me so wont you stay with me
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Alliteration: the repetition of the same beginning consonants
Alliteration: the repetition of the same beginning consonants
Dunkin Donuts, Best Buy, Coca-Cola, Chuckee Cheeses Assonance: the
repetition of the same vowel sounds in the middle of words
Assonance: the repetition of the same vowel sounds in the middle of
words His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's
vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti He's nervous, but on
the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs, But he keeps on
forgetting what he wrote down, The whole crowd goes so loud
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Consonance: the repetition of the same ending consonants
Consonance: the repetition of the same ending consonants If you are
a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A
hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer... If you're a pretender,
come sit by my fire For we have some flax-golden tales to spin.
Come in! Come in! Onomatopoeia: words that are spelled much like
how they sound. Onomatopoeia: words that are spelled much like how
they sound. Boom, crack, moo, slam, ding, oink Boom, crack, moo,
slam, ding, oink
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SHAKESPEARES 5 PART STORYTELLING PATTERN: Act I: Exposition
Establishes setting, characters, conflict, and background Act II:
Rising Action A series of complications Act III: Crisis/Turning
Point A series of complications Act IV: Falling Action Results of
the turning point; characters locked into deeper disaster Act V:
Climax/Resolution/Denouement Death of the main characters and then
the loose parts of the plot are tied up
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UNDERSTANDING ROMEO AND JULIET Romeo and Juliet is based on
Arthur Brookes long narrative poem the Tragicall Historye of Romeus
and Juliet (1562). Romeo and Juliet is based on Arthur Brookes long
narrative poem the Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562).
The play has a highly moral tone: disobedience, as well as fate,
leads to the deaths of two lovers. The play has a highly moral
tone: disobedience, as well as fate, leads to the deaths of two
lovers.
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MOTIFS (MAIN IDEAS) IN ROMEO AND JULIET Power of Love Power of
Love Violence from Passion Violence from Passion The Individual vs.
Society The Individual vs. Society The Inevitability of Fate The
Inevitability of Fate
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MONTAGUE VS. CAPULET Romeo Lord Montague (his dad) Lady
Montague (his mom) Mercutio (friend) Benvolio (cousin) Juliet Lord
Capulet (her father) Lady Capulet (her mother) Tybalt (cousin)
Nurse