simile
A figure of speech that states a comparison between two essentially unlike things which are similar in one aspect
Alliteration
Repetition of a consonant sound
Allusion
Reference to an earlier literary world or a historical event or mythical figure
Blank Verse
Unrythmed lines of iambic pemtameter majority of Shakesphere
Foil
A character who is opposite the protagonist (Cassius) opposite natures
Foreshadowing
Device a writer uses to hint at a future course of action
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
a recurring pattern of stressed (accented, or long) and unstressed (unaccented, or short) syllables in lines of a set length
Imagery
Words or phrases that appeal to the five senses
Irony
Saying the opposite of what is meant
Metaphor
Comparing one thing to an unlike thing without using like, as or than
Pun
Main character of a novel, play, or film
Soliloquy
Recitation in a play in which a character reveals his thoughts to the audience but not to other characters in the play
Anecdote
a brief story used to make a point
Hyperbole
exaggeration
Personification
giving human traits to a nonhuman creature or object
Irony
when the opposite of what is expected to happen takes place
Aside
a comment made by a character on stage that is heard by the audience; reveals personal thoughts of actor
Sililoquy
a long speech to himself - meaning, he is along on stage; reveals private thoughts and emotions of character
Blank Verse
an unrhymed poem; written in iambic pentameter - unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
Comic Relief
when a character says something funny to relieve tension of act; normally short
Foil
a character who is in in complete contrast to another character; can emphasize another character's good traits
Pun
a humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word OR on two words with the same sound
Verbal Irony
saying something and meaning another
Dramatic Irony
the reader knows something that the author does not
Situational Irony
something happens that was not expected
Foreshadowing
an author gives hints of events that will occur later in the plot
Paradox
a situation or statement that includes 2 true statements but they contradict each other