Who is Our Modern day Bard? Bard = poet The poet usually referred to as THE BARD is Shakespeare? Do we have a modern day bard? How do you think we could find out?

Literary Devices and Drama Terms Romeo and Juliet Literary Devices and Drama Terms

Literary devices Techniques that authors use to create emotions in their readers; paint a picture in their readers’ minds Example: simile or metaphor

Oxymoron A figure of speech in which two opposite words are joined together to form a paradox (contradiction). Example Bittersweet Jumbo shrimp

Pun A playful use of a word that mean different things but sound the same. Example Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man Grave = serious or solemn Grave = a burial site

Allusion An indirect reference to an event, person, or place Example Wu Tang Clan’s lyric “Socrates’, philosophies, and hypotheses can’t define” is an allusion because they reference a famous philosopher (person): Socrates

Alliteration Repetition of the same initial letter, a consonant, in a group of words. Example Deep, dark ditch She sells sea shells down by the sea shore.

Personification Giving an animal or non-living object human qualities or characteristics. Example: The flower danced in the wind.

What is this? O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything of nothing first create! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this. Dost thou not laugh?

What is this? Well, in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit And, in strong proof of chastity well armed, From Loves’ weak childish bow she lives unharmed.

Assonance two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds Examples We light fire on the mountain. The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle.

IDIOM an expression whose meaning is not predictable Example: kick the bucket  elephant in the room don’t cry over spilled milk

slant RHYME/Consonance rhyme in which the consonants of stressed syllables are identical Examples: Hold and bald Shape and keep Moon and run

HOMEWORK: look up the definition and ONE example for each literary term, Due At the end of Class – Test Tomorrow! LITERARY TERMS Oxymoron Pun Allusion Alliteration Personification Iambic Pentameter Dramatic Irony Simile Metaphor DRAMA TERMS Foil Soliloquy Monologue Comedy Dialogue Aside Comic Relief Tragedy Tragic Hero

Drama terms Terms or phrases related directly to drama or plays. Example: dialogue or stage directions

An indirect reference to a _______, _______, or __________ is an ______________. When the first letter in every _________ is the same it is called _______________. If two ____________ words are combined to form a contradiction it is called an ______________. A _________ is the use of _______ word that has a double meaning.

HOMEWORK: look up the definition for each literary term, DUE TOMORROW Foil Soliloquy Aside

A short ___________ spoken to the _________ or _______ _______ which is not heard by other characters on stage is an ________________. A character who provides a ____________to another character is a _________. A ____________ is a ___________ in which a character speaks his or her __________ aloud. The character is ____________ on stage.

Aside A short line of dialogue spoken to the audience or another character which is not heard by other characters on stage. Example In High School Musical 2, Mrs. Saponara’s character, Ms. Fulton, was trying to convince herself that everything would be okay and reminds herself that she loves her job, because in that moment she actually hates her job. So, she turn away from the other characters on stage and says to herself, “I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.” That is an aside because the other characters do not hear her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrpAHAI_C5k

Foil A character who provides a contrast to another character. Example In West Side Story, Riff is a foil to Tony.

soliloquy In drama, a soliloquy is a speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud. The character is alone on the stage and the speech is so the audience can hear the thoughts of the character. Example: In West Side Story, Tony sings “Something’s Coming” in which he tells how he has a feeling something great is about to happen. Those are his thoughts song aloud for the audience to hear. There are no characters around to hear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2TpWsPvgI

HOMEWORK: look up the definition for each literary term, DUE TOMORROW Dramatic Irony Comic Relief Tragedy

__________ __________ is when the __________ knows more about the plot than a _________ does. A _________ is a play that ends __________ because the _____ of the story _______. Funny________, _______, or ______ in ________ in order to relieve the audience of ___________ intensity is _______ __________.

Dramatic Irony When the audience knows more about the plot than a character does. Example In West Side Story, when Anita tells the Jets that Maria was killed by Chino, the audience knows that is not true. The Jets and Tony do not know that it is a lie.

Comic Relief Funny scenes, events, or speeches put in dramas in order to relieve the audience of emotional intensity. Example In the television show Friends, the dating characters of Ross and Rachel break up. During their break up scene when there is a lot of tension, anxiety, and sadness, one of them says something funny to help the audience laugh and relax a little bit.

Tragedy A tragedy is a play that ends unhappily because the hero of the story dies. There are three elements to a tragedy, and Shakespeare’s tragedies had all three all the time. There is a tragic hero with a tragic flaw There is a series of unfortunate events The hero always dies

monologue

comedy

Your one-page TASK FOR TODAY Design a one-page poster!! Your poster should include The literary device or drama term you’ve been given. This is your title A definition of the device. An example – make up your own or research one. A picture (get creative) Oxymoron A figure of speech where two opposite words are joined together to form a paradox (contradiction). Jumbo = BIG Shrimp = LITTLE Example: Jumbo Shrimp

Oxymoron Example: Jumbo Shrimp A figure of speech where two opposite words are joined together to form a paradox (contradiction). Jumbo = BIG Shrimp = LITTLE Example: Jumbo Shrimp

Jeopardy

Parting is such is sweet sorrow

Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies

As glorious to this night, being o’er my head, as is a winged messenger of heaven

How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night

The bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath

But all so soon as the all-cheering sun

When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds

They say Jove laughs. O gentle Romeo

My ears have not yet drunk 100 words

One pager: Directions On one plain white piece of paper, draw your interpretation of a line(s) from Juliet’s monologue. It can be abstract or literal. The color and objects must take up the WHOLE PAGE. You may only use up to four lines from her monologue. That means you can use 1 line, 2 lines, 3 lines, or 4 lines. You CANNOT use more than four lines!!!!! Once you have drawn your interpretation, you must then write what your lines mean somewhere on the page. Write who said the line and from which act and scene.