Julius Caesar Q1 Flashcards

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prose

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ordinary speech written in sentences and paragraphs, not very artistic

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poetry

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sounds more artistic and special than normal speech and is used to share something personal, written in stanzas and lines.

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verses

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collection of lines of poetry, lines in a rhythmic pattern

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rhyme

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end sound of 2 words have similar consonant/vowel endings

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end rhyme

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when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same

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couplet

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2 lines of a verse that rhyme next to each other

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rhythm

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pace of a line of poetry

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iambic pentameter

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10 syllables in a pattern of unstressed to stressed sounds

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syllable

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unit of a word containing a vowel

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soliloquy

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speaking ones thoughts aloud

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aside

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remark heard by audience but not by the characters on stage

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12
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anachronism

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historical error

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13
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historicism reading

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reflection on culture/politics of the time

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rhetoric

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art of effective/persuasive speaking using figures of speech and other compositional techniques

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ethos

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credibility of the speaker/author

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pathos

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emotional appeal

17
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logos

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logical appeal

18
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Aristotles modes of persuasion

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ethos
pathos
logos

19
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events of act 1 scene 1

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Flavius and Metellus take off the ornaments on the statue of Caesar after telling commoners to go home

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events of act 3 scene 3

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Cinna the poet is killed