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What is the term for a poetic pattern consisting of five iambs per line?

  • Parallelism
  • Rhymed Verse
  • Iambic Pentameter (correct)
  • Iambic Tetrameter

What is the term for a dramatic device in which a character speaks to themselves?

  • Verbal Irony
  • Asylum
  • Dissent
  • Soliloquy (correct)

What is the term for a figure of speech in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the literal meaning?

  • Rhymed Verse
  • Parallelism
  • Verbal Irony (correct)
  • Iambic Pentameter

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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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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