Two opposite/contrasting ideas together eg. 'I had rather hear a dog bark at a crow than a man swear he love me'
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Asides
A character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on stage eg. 'You always end with a jade's trick, I know you of old'
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Blank verse
When each line begins with a capital. More formal. eg. Claudio's exclamation of love for Hero
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Dialogue
Speech between characters
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Dramatic irony
When the audience knows something the characters don't eg. the gulling of Benedick
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Entrances and exits
The significance of who's on stage and who is not eg. Benedick hiding behind a stage wall so that he can overhear Leonato etc talking
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Homophones
Words which sound the same but have different meanings eg. nothing and noting
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration for effect eg. Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again>
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Iamb
Unstressed syllable follow by a stressed syllable.
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Iambic pentamenter
Unrhymed line of 10 syllables eg. da-dum di-dum
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Irony
Saying one thing and meaning another, saying one thing and meaning the opposite. eg. Beatrice's hatred for marriage and then falling in love with BenedickM
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Melapropism
Mistakenly using one word for another, with humorous consequences eg. Dogberry's speech
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Metre
A regular patterned recurrence of light and heavy stresses in a line of verse
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Repartee
Quick changes of wordplay eg. 'You are a rare parrot teacher' 'A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yours'
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Soliloquy
A speech spoken to the audience when the character is alone on stage eg. Benedick and Beatrice
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Prosodic features
Stress, volume, intonation. How are words spoken in productions of the play? eg. 'I know you of old' Emma Thompson vs Catherine Tate
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Punning
When a word has two different meanings which are ambiguously used eg. sexual innuendo. Signor Mountanto.
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Repetition
Add to the playfulness of the language or add intensity.
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Setting
Importance of hiding places
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Stage directions
Very few in Shakespeare.
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Trochee
The reverse of an iamb. Stress on first syllable instead of second
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A character's dialogue is spoken but not heard by other actors on stage eg. 'You always end with a jade's trick, I know you of old'
Back
Asides
Card 3
Front
When each line begins with a capital. More formal. eg. Claudio's exclamation of love for Hero
Back
Card 4
Front
Speech between characters
Back
Card 5
Front
When the audience knows something the characters don't eg. the gulling of Benedick
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