R.O.A.D.S
Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis
What is Repetition?
Writing that sounds like everyday speech
What is Prose?
A metrical unit of stressed/unstressed syllables
What is a Foot?
A line ending with an extra unstressed syllable
What is a Feminine Ending?
Give not this rotten orange to your friend”
What is a Masculine Ending
Movement, blocking, staging choices
What is Direction?
Writing with a structured rhythm
A line that continues into the next without pause
What is Enjambment?
A line ending on a stressed syllable
What is a Masculine Ending?
“I do love nothing in the world so well as you”
What is a Feminine Ending?
Using more words than needed
What is Addition?
The rhythm pattern of unstressed/stressed syllables
What is an Iamb?
A pause in the middle of a line
What is Caesura?
Masculine endings often create this feeling
What is strength, finality, or certainty?
“If I do not take pity of her, I am a villain”
What is a Feminine Ending?
Not fully explaining yourself
What is Omission?
This 10-syllable rhythmic structure is common in Shakespeare
What is Iambic Pentameter?
When two characters complete one line together
What is a shared line?
Feminine endings often suggest this
What is uncertainty, softness, or emotional complexity?
“For thee I’ll lock up all the gates of love”
→ What is a Masculine Ending?
Using personal experience to connect to text
What is Substitution?
Switching from verse to prose often signals this
What is a change in status, tone, or emotional state?
Marking the rhythm of a line
What is Scansion?
Why might Shakespeare intentionally break strict iambic rhythm?
What is to reflect emotion, tension, or character psychology?
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps”
What is a Masculine Ending?