Theater terminology?

Question:ok ive been doing this for a few days, i cant figure them out.

instructions: you will be reading macbeth. Before you do, you need to understand the following dramatic terms. In order to find a definition and example of each term, look it up a dictionary. Be careful, especially literary terms. write the definition.

first of all, dont tell me to do my homework.
i did most of them

these are the words I am stuck on:

effective repetition
paradox
pathetic fallacy
personification
prose speech
rhetorical question
satire
situational irony
onomatopoeia

I know this make take a while to answer, so thanks a lot if you answer it.

if you know any of them can you give me the drama definition of it?

thanks in advance.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: ok ive been doing this for a few days, i cant figure them out.

instructions: you will be reading macbeth. Before you do, you need to understand the following dramatic terms. In order to find a definition and example of each term, look it up a dictionary. Be careful, especially literary terms. write the definition.

first of all, dont tell me to do my homework.
i did most of them

these are the words I am stuck on:

effective repetition
paradox
pathetic fallacy
personification
prose speech
rhetorical question
satire
situational irony
onomatopoeia

I know this make take a while to answer, so thanks a lot if you answer it.

if you know any of them can you give me the drama definition of it?

thanks in advance.

Okay so I don't know all of them but i will tell you the ones that I am familiar with.

Paradox- A paradox happens when in a situation that there seems to be a logical way that you could make it work, but this logical way does not work. If your in a paradox you can't solve something in the way that it seems like it should be able to be.

Personification- Is giving human qualities to inanimate objects.

Rhetorical question- is a question someone asks which they don't really want an answer to. Like if I ask to I look stupid to you? You don't really want answer, so its rhetorical.

Satire- Is a sophisticated parody. Its making fun of itself.

Situational irony- Means that something is ironic for the situation they are in. Like characters are stuck outside with nowhere to go and someone says go thing it isn't raining, then it starts to rain. Thats irony.

Onomatopoeia- This is a sound word. Like boom or aaahh to represent something exploding or a scream.

I don't know the other two for sure so I don't wanna give you answers that could be totally wrong. Hope this helped.

The answers to these questions can be found in any stage acting book. Or, just call your nearest theater school and ask. In about ten minutes you'll have the answers. However, that is only the beginning. Knowing what these terms mean has to be translated into "Doing" and that will take a considerable amount of time. Just be in the acting game for the long haul and learn as much as you can in as many ways as you can!