DRAMA TERMS Romeo and Juliet

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A play with serious actions, ending unhappily

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Tragedy

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Poetry with 10 syllables per line

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Iambic pentameter

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Several lines by one character alone

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Soliloquy

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Two lines of poetry that rhyme

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Couplet

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Main character in a tragedy

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Tragic hero

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Expression combining contradictory ideas

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Oxymoron

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Poetry in iambic meter, no rhyme

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Blank verse

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A play that ends happily (wedding)

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Comedy

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Character trait causing sad ending

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Tragic flaw

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One character speaks multiple lines on stage

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Monologue