Language in Drama
An opening section of a play that is not part of the first scene or act
What is the prologue?
The number of lines in a sonnet
What is 14?
The character whom Juliet's parents have arranged for her to marry
Who is Paris?
What is conflict?
The exchange of speeches by two or more characters in a play
What is dialogue?
The major divisions of sonnets
What are quatrains and couplets?
The woman whom Romeo is lovesick over at the play's beginning
Who is Rosaline?
The first part of the plot pyramid that is focused on establishing setting and character
What is the exposition?
Humorous scenes inserted in tragic or serious dramas that provide emotional relief from the play’s weighty issues, often providing an alternative perspective on the serious issues of the play
What is comic relief?
The rhyme scheme of Shakespearian sonnets
What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG?
The primarily used meter of Romeo And Juliet takes this form
What is iambic pentameter?
A situation where the audience knows something that the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
What is subtext?
The number of feet or iambs in a line of iambic pentameter
What is five?
Shakespeare lived during this monarchical era
What is the Elizabethan era?
This type of narration comes from a voice outside the story rather than from someone directly involved, and stays focused on a single character’s thoughts or perspective rather than knowing the thoughts and feelings of all characters
What is third person limited?
a. a lengthy speech spoken by a single character, usually to other characters
b. a theatrical convention in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud to the audience with no other characters on stage or no other characters able to hear
a. What is a monologue?
b. What is a soliloquy?
Unrhymed, unmetered language, similar to more "regular" language
What is prose?
The decade in which Shakespeare was born
*Plus 100 points for the exact year*
What are the 1560s?
*What is 1564?*
MLA in-text parenthetical citation for Act 1, Scene 2, lines 3-4)
What is (1.2.3-4)?