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What is the term for a poetic pattern consisting of five iambs per line?
What is the term for a poetic pattern consisting of five iambs per line?
What is the term for a dramatic device in which a character speaks to themselves?
What is the term for a dramatic device in which a character speaks to themselves?
What is the term for a figure of speech in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the literal meaning?
What is the term for a figure of speech in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the literal meaning?
What is the term for a 14-line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme and meter?
What is the term for a 14-line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme and meter?
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What does the word 'vindicate' mean?
What does the word 'vindicate' mean?
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What is the term for a written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure?
What is the term for a written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure?
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What is the literary device where a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?
What is the literary device where a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?
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What is the term for a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?
What is the term for a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?
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What type of character undergoes significant internal change over the course of a story?
What type of character undergoes significant internal change over the course of a story?
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What is the literary device where a sentence or clause is continued from one line of poetry to the next without a pause?
What is the literary device where a sentence or clause is continued from one line of poetry to the next without a pause?
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What is the term for a situation in which the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not, creating tension or humor?
What is the term for a situation in which the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not, creating tension or humor?
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What is the term for a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character?
What is the term for a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character?
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Study Notes
Literary Devices
- Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
- Allusion: Brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
- Anadiplosis: Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause.
- Anaphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
- Aside: A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters on stage.
- Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
- Blank Verse: Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.
- Couplet: Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
- Dynamic Character: A character who undergoes significant internal change over the course of a story.
- Dramatic Irony: A situation in which the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not, creating tension or humor.
- Enjambment: Continuation of a sentence or clause from one line of poetry to the next without a pause.
- Epistrophe: Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
- Foil: A character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
- Iambic Pentameter: A metrical pattern in poetry consisting of five iambs per line, where an iamb is a metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
- Parallelism: Use of similar grammatical structures, phrases, or rhythms to express related ideas or emphasize a point.
- Prose: Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
- Rhymed Verse: Poetry with a regular rhyme scheme and meter.
- Soliloquy: A dramatic device in which a character speaks to themselves, expressing their thoughts and feelings aloud, regardless of who may be listening.
- Sonnet: A fourteen-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, with a prescribed rhyme scheme.
- Verbal Irony: A figure of speech in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the literal meaning, often creating humor or sarcasm.
Vocabulary
- Admonish: Scold; remind; give advice or encouragement.
- Asylum: Refuge; a place of protection or safety; institution providing care for the needy.
- Bogus: Fake; not genuine; not real; counterfeit.
- Compensate: Give (someone) something, typically money, in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred; recompense; reduce or counteract.
- Dissent: Differ in opinion; strong difference of opinion; disagree.
- Exorbitant: Highly excessive; too much or too high to be reasonable.
- Flair: Natural ability/talent/skill; stylishness; done in an exciting or interesting way.
- Incorrigible: Not capable of being changed/reformed; hopeless; impossible to correct.
- Incredulous: Unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; skeptical; not wanting to believe something.
- Invincible: Incapable or impossible to defeat or overcome.
- Lucid: Ability to think clearly and rationally; clearly expressed and easy to understand.
- Metropolis: Chief or capital city; largest and busiest city.
- Ponder: To think or consider very carefully; reflect on.
- Preposterous: Unreasonable; ridiculous; foolish; absurd; contrary to common sense.
- Reconcile: Settle/resolve; restore to friendship or harmony; compare financial accounts/amounts.
- Rectify: Set right; correct; make right.
- Skeptical: Not easily convinced; doubting.
- Statute: Formally approved written enactment by the legislature.
- Vagrant: A poor person that moves/wanders around from place to place.
- Vindicate: To show or uphold something as true, just, right, or reasonable; free from guilt/blame.
William Shakespeare
- Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564.
- Married to Anne Hathaway and had three children.
- Famous play: "Romeo & Juliet".
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