Julius Caesar Q1 Flashcards
prose
ordinary speech written in sentences and paragraphs, not very artistic
poetry
sounds more artistic and special than normal speech and is used to share something personal, written in stanzas and lines.
verses
collection of lines of poetry, lines in a rhythmic pattern
rhyme
end sound of 2 words have similar consonant/vowel endings
end rhyme
when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
couplet
2 lines of a verse that rhyme next to each other
rhythm
pace of a line of poetry
iambic pentameter
10 syllables in a pattern of unstressed to stressed sounds
syllable
unit of a word containing a vowel
soliloquy
speaking ones thoughts aloud
aside
remark heard by audience but not by the characters on stage
anachronism
historical error
historicism reading
reflection on culture/politics of the time
rhetoric
art of effective/persuasive speaking using figures of speech and other compositional techniques
ethos
credibility of the speaker/author