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Dramatic Terms and 
Vocabulary Lists for Romeo and Juliet

 
Dramatic Terms

 
tragedy -- a play in which a main character, called the tragic hero, suffers a downfall

 tragic flaw -- weakness that causes the downfall of the tragic hero

 iambic pentameter (blank verse) -- rhythm scheme with five units, or feet, each of which has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable; unrhymed

 soliloquy -- long speech in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his/her thoughts aloud (heard only by audience)

 monologue -- long speech spoken in the presence of other characters on stage

 dialogue – conversation between two or more characters

 aside -- comment made by a character that is heard by the audience, but not by (most of?) the other characters on stage

 foreshadowing -- use of hints or clues to suggest future events

 pun -- humorous play on different meanings of a word, or on words that sound alike but have different meanings

 dramatic irony -- when the audience (or reader) understands more of a situation than the characters understand

 oxymoron      -- a figure of speech that is a combination of seemingly contradictory words

 juxtaposition for contrast -- placing two people, words, or actions side-by-side in order to heighten the differences between them

 foil -- character who provides a strong contrast to another character, with whom several characteristics are shared

 comic relief -- a short, funny episode that interrupts an otherwise serious or tragic work of drama   

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