Romeo And Juliet [Script + Device Vocab]

Script Vocab

Prologue

-part of story that comes before main actions and intro

-the prologue for romeo and juliet gives an overview of the entire play

~why do you think plays include this info?

Epilogue

-a short section at the end of the story; a way of wrapping up or giving final thoughts

Dialogue

-the words that characters exchange when speaking with one another

~Point to Note: all end in -logue

-Etymology: from french... -logue from ancient greek -oros (-logos "one who speaks in a certain manner")

Player

-Term that means actor/ess

Stage Directions

-not meant to be spoken

-info that is written into the script to tell how the player should perform

- often set off by italics

Act

-A large division of a play

-most plays have 3-5 acts

Scene

Smaller division of a play

scenes are marked with in a act

Chorus

a special narrator or announcer

Device Vocab

Dramatic Irony: when the reader or audience knows something about what is happening in the story but the characters in the story don't know

Situational Irony: The player realized the situation or event is opposite of what s/he previously expected or thought

Verbal Irony: Sarcasm; words spoken different/sharply in meaning from the actual meaning

Pun: a Shakespearean favorite; this is a humorous play on words to produce a double meaning

Comic Relief: a break in a very serious scene

a character says or does something funny but related to the scene. It lightens the mood momentarily.

Soliloquy: A long speech made by one character alone on stage and is used to communicate inner thoughts and feelings to the audience

Monologue: similar to soliloquy but occurs with other players on stage; there are many significant monologues in ROM. including Mercutio's queen mab speech

Aside: lines spoken by a player in a way that suggests that the other characters on the stage can not hear but audience can

Allusion: an appearance or reference to another peice of literature or art

Foreshadowing: a hint or suggestion of things to come

Simile: 2 unlike things compared using like or as

Metaphor: see "simile" w/ out using like or as

Hyperbole: great overstatement or exaggeration

Foil: (No not aluminium) equal but opposite character [alternate ego]