Julius Caesar Flashcards
Pun
a play on words with similar sounds but more than one spelling or meaning.
Blank Verse
lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Soliloquies
speeches delivered while a character is alone on stage.
Aside
in a play, is a comment that a character makes to the audience
that other characters on stage do not hear.
Metaphor
a figure of speech that compares two or more things that
have something in common.
Simile
a figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly
unlike things.
Prose
literature that is written in sentence and paragraph form.
Diction
the writer’s choice of words; an important element in the
writer’s voice or style.
Personification
a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of
nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.
Tragedy
a play in which the main character, or tragic hero, suffers a downfall.
Tragic Hero
the downfall may result from outside forces or from a
weakness within the character, which is known as the tragic flaw.
Tragic Resolution
the tragic outcome.
Irony
a contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality. Know the three types: Dramatic, Situational, Verbal.
