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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in 1564. Throughout his life he created 38 plays (Varied in genre as romance to comedy and tragedy). He received an education with Latin , Greek, history, music, etc. It is assumed his career began with acting. Here are some of his vocabulary

SHAKESPEARE VOCABULARY

​​​​​​​Verse vs. Prose

Meter

Foot

Iambic Pentameter

Blank Verse vs. Free verse

Sonnet

Quatrain

Couplet

Aside

Monologue

Soliloquy

Allusion

Foil

Tragedy

Tragic Hero

Tragic Flaw

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Verse vs. Prose

Verse: Poetic Language which includes meter and rhyme, Usually formatted in lines and a number of syllables

Used for high status characters and tragic moments

Prose: Written language with no meter or rhyme, often formatted in sentences