Act 1 Literary Elements Flashcards
Words that are spoken by a character in a play to another character that aren’t supposed to be overheard
Aside
Unrhymed iambic pentameter, has rhythm not rhyme
Blank Verse
Ways an author develops a character
Characterization
A struggle, the main problem in a story
Conflict
Final two rhyming lines in a Shakespearean sonnet
Couplet
Adjective or descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a noun
Epithet
Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another, it’s not meant to be understood on a literal level
Figurative language
A character who sets off another character by contrast
Foil
Hints or clues in the text about what will happen later in the story
Foreshadowing
Type of meter shakey used, five feet in a line (u,/)
Iambic Pentameter
Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as with the intent of adding more meaning to one of them
Metaphor
Comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Simile
A form of word play that uses mutiple meanings of a term or of Similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
Puns
a figure of speech that combines apparently contradicting (opposite) terms
Oxymoron
a reference to a political, biblical, historical, or literary person place or event
Allusion
