Shakespeare

A dramatic play that tells the story of a character who meets an untimely and unhappy death or downfall, often because of a specific character flaw or twist of fate.

• tragedy

• comedy

• verse

• prologue

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

A long dramatic speech delivered by a single character in a play. It is a vocalization of the character’s thoughts.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Prologue

• Sonnet

A device often used in drama when a character speaks to him- or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections.

• Monologue

• Dramatic Irony

• Verse

• Soliloquy

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

• Verse

• Protagonist

• Aside

• Vocal Delivery

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.

• Prologue

• Aside

• Antagonist

• Visual Delivery

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When an audience watching a play understands what's going on in a situation while the characters are unaware of what is happening.

• Prologue

• Protagonist

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Theatrical Elements

• Aside

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A person who actively opposes or is hostile toward the main character.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Vocal Delivery

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The way poetry and lyrics are written. It is broken into stanzas.

• Verse

• Chorus

• Vocal Delivery

• Soliloquy

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Refers to the way a performer on stage interprets plot, character, and conflict through movement, gestures, and facial expressions.

• Theatrical Elements

• Aside

• Vocal Delivery

• Visual Delivery

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3