Drama Terms Shakespeare

Good day most excellent students and what a beautiful day it is! Here are your terms for the assessment Thursday. "Live long and prosper."

Have you written a Sonnet?

Soliloquy-a long speech delivered by a character in a play who is alone on stage
Monologue-a long speech by a character in a play with others on stage listening
Foil-a character who provides a strong contrast to another character. Benvolio/Tybalt
Pun-a humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or two different words with the same sound
Aside-in a play, a comment made by a character that is heard by the audience or another character but is not heard by the other characters on stage
Imagery-"the word pictures" that writers use to help evoke as emotional response in readers
Dramatic irony-exist when the reader knows something that a character does not know
Theatrical convention-a device that a playwright uses to present a story on stage that the audience accepts as realistic

Checking out the world

Learning the world of blogging and finding it not too hard to handle and lots of fun! Hope everyone gets a chance to check this out and blog away with me.

Good morning 1/8/10

Good morning world! I hope that anyone who will read this blog will have a blessed day. It is good to be alive! I send regards to all and wish you 24 hours of life, love, and serenity! Cheers, John