English IV- Literaray Terms Finals Flashcards
Private words that a character in a play speaks to the audience or to another character and that are not supposed to be overheard by others onstage
ASIDE
A long speech in which a character who is usually alone onstage expresses his or her private thoughts or feelings
SOLILOQUY
An apparent contraction that is actually true
PARADOX
In literature, a word, a character, an object, an image , a metaphor, or an idea that recurs in a work or in several works.
MOTIF
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
BLANK VERSE
A type of comedy in which ridiculous and often stereotyped characters are involved in far-fetched, silly situations
FARCE
A character who set off another character by strong contrast
FOIL
A figure of speech in which a part represent the whole
SYNEDOCHE
A poem found in a play that serves to establish mood, reveal character, or advance action
DRAMATIC SONG
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles
METAPHOR
A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman or nothing thing or quality is talked about if it were humans or had life
PERSONIFICATION
A brief, clever, and usually memorable statement
EPIGRAM
A kind of writing tat ridicules human weakness vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform
SATIRE
The uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story
SUSPENSE
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or creates a comic effect
HYPERBOLE
