| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Archic Words | Archaic Words |
| ague | fever |
| alarum | call to arms, suck as a trumpet blast |
| an | if |
| betimes | from time to time |
| hleering | flattering |
| hence, whence, thence | here, where, there |
| hie | hurry |
| knave | servant, or person of humble birth |
| moe | more (number, amounts, and size) |
| prithee | pray thee (beg thee) |
| smatch | small amount |
| closet | small room, often a private study |
| exhalations | meteors |
| gentle | noble (gentleman was someone with a title) |
| ghastly | ghostly |
| humor | temper or disposition |
| indifferently | impartially |
| just | true |
| merely | qholly; entirely |
| repair | go |
| sad | serious |
| suacy | presumptuous |
| soft | slowly (wait a minute) |
| wit | intelegence |
| literary terms | literary terms |
| tragic flaw | the character defect that causes the downfall that character |
| tragedy | any literary composition, as a novel, dealing with a somber theme carried to a tragic conclusion |
| archaic words | words not used by modern humans, they were used in the elizabethian period |
| apostrophe | the sign used to show a difference in sound, or to abreviate |
| blank verse | umrhymed verse |
| dramatic irony | irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play |
| soliloquy | the act of talking while or as if alone |
| aside | away from one's thoughts |
| conflict | a fight, battle, or struggle, esp. a prolonged struggle; strife |
| allusion | a passing or casual reference |
| hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| monologue | a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker |
| anachronism | something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time |
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