Literary Terms
Published on Dec 30, 2015
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Pun-
play on the multiple meanings of a word OR words that sound alike but have different meanings
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Soliloquy-
Long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses his/her thoughts aloud
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Foil
- a character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character
- highlights both characters' traits
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Prologue
- an introductory scene in drama
- Some Elizabethan plays include prologues that comment on the theme or moral point that will be revealed in the play
Aside-
words spoken by a character to the audience or to another character that are not supposed to be overheard by others on stage
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Iambic Pentameter
line of poetry that contains five unstressed and five stressed syllables
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Tragedy
- drama that ends in catastrophe- most often death- for the main characters
Tragic Hero
- protagonist, or central character
- usually fails or dies because of a character flaw or cruel twist of fate
- high rank or status
Tragic Flaw
- decision that is often an error in judgement on the part of the hero
Stage Directions
tells where the scene takes place as well as who's on stage and what they're doing
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Sonnet-
Fourteen-line poem- usually written in iambic pentameter- having a specific rhyme scheme
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