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Shakespearian Literary Terms Review 1
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one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or disputeadversary 2
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References to well- known people, places, or events.Allusion 3
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something out of place in time anachronism 4
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a comparisonanalogy 5
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the person or event that causes the protagonist's conflictantagonist 6
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A brief remark by a character that expresses his/her thoughts and/or feelings.Aside 7
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Unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter. Blank Verse 8
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a purifying or purging that brings spiritual renewal or release from tensionCatharsis 9
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how the different people are described in a literary workcharacterization 10
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A character who changes from events in the story Dynamic (round) Character 11
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A character who does not change much throughout the play Static (flat) Character 12
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a complex combination of elements or things; a minor conflictcomplication 13
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a group who says things at the same timeChorus 14
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the moment in a literary work at which the crisis comes to its point of greatest intensity and is resolvedClimax 15
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Humor that lessens the seriousness of the plot Comic Relief 16
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the problem in a storyconflict 17
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A pair of rhyming lines, such as the last two lines of a sonnet.Couplet 18
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A story written to be performed by actors.Drama 19
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Words which let the audience interpret the word while the characters interpret differently Double entendre 20
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exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution dramatic structure 21
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a characterizing word or phrase associated with a person or thing epithet 22
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speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech figurative language 23
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A literary tool used to give a hint to future events.Foreshadowing 24
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character who provides strong contrast to another characterfoil 25
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an exaggeration made for rhetorical effecthyperbole 26
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the expected pattern iambic meter 27
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poetic meter in which each line has ten syllables: an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable iambic pentameter 28
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the formation of mental imagesimagery 29
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a difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happensirony 30
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the audience knows something that the actors on stage do not dramatic irony 31
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the outcome is the opposite of what is expected situational irony 32
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the character says one thing and means another verbal irony 33
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a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if it were another. It invites the reader to make a comparison between the two things.metaphor 34
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a long speech or written expression of thoughts by a character in a literary workmonologue 35
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a device in which a character, alone onstage (or while thinking he is alone), reveals his or her private thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud.soliloquy 36
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figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combinedoxymoron 37
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a seemingly contradictory statement, idea, or eventparadox 38
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a figure of speech in which an idea, animal, or thing is described as if it were a personpersonification 39
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A short introduction at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plotPrologue 40
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Direct language written or spoken in ordinary use (not poetry)Prose 41
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the main character; the "hero“protagonist 42
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a play on wordspun 43
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the solution to the conflictresolution 44
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a comparison using "like" or "as“simile 45
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A fourteen lined poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and has one of several rhyme schemes (Shakespearean- 3 quatrains followed by a concluding couplet abab cdcd efef gg) So nnet 46
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A feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.Suspense 47
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a word or object that stands for anothersymbol 48
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the overall message of a literary worktheme 49
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The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.Tone 50
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A play, novel, or narrative that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end usually deathTragedy 51
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a flaw in character that brings about the downfall of the hero of the tragedy Tragic flaw 52
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