Key Terms
Elegy: This is a poem that is sung for somebody who has given up the ghost or died.
Lyric: This is a song that expresses personal emotions or thoughts.
Panegyric: This is a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
Ode: This is a lyric poem that expresses love, respect or praise for someone or something.
Dramatic Monologue: This is a poem that portrays a solitary speaker communing with the audience, without any dialogue coming from other characters.
Farce: This is a play that thrives on exaggeration of humor, plot, and character.
Aside: This is when a speaker on stage mumbles words intended for the audience only.
Verbal Irony: This is when a speaker on stage intends more than he says.
Sonnet: This is made up of a rhyming sestet and two rhyming quatrains.
Soliloquy: This is a speech delivered by a character who is alone on the stage.
Apostrophe: This is the address to an object or person not present.
Some Facts
Burlesque, tragedy and pantomime are types of drama.
Resolution is not a type of drama.
Malapropism is also known as Dogberryism.
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Yeah I aslo learned it from my school . Thank you so much