Eng10 Shakespeare Vocab Pt1

a play on words, especially those that sound alike, but have different meanings

• euphemism

• pun

• aside

• foil

• epilogue

an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

• euphemism

• pun

• aside

• foil

• epilogue

a short speech at the conclusion of a dramatic work

• euphemism

• pun

• aside

• foil

• epilogue

a character who acts as a contrast to another character

• euphemism

• pun

• aside

• foil

• epilogue

a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

• euphemism

• pun

• aside

• foil

• epilogue

a solitary speech in which the character is speaking out loud to himself when they think they are alone

• monologue

• soliloquy

• chorus

• sonnet

• tragedy

a solitary speech in which the actor is speaking uninterruptedly to another character or to an audience

• monologue

• soliloquy

• chorus

• sonnet

• tragedy

an actor(s) in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play

• monologue

• soliloquy

• chorus

• sonnet

• tragedy

a poem of fourteen lines using a formal rhyme scheme and typically having ten syllables per line

• monologue

• soliloquy

• chorus

• sonnet

• tragedy

a serious work of drama in which the tragic hero suffers a catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of his own actions

• monologue

• soliloquy

• chorus

• sonnet

• tragedy