Julius Caesar Vocabulary

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

A reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

Question 2

Anachronism

Answer 2

Placing an event, person, item, or verbal expression in the wrong historical period

Question 3

Foreshadowing

Answer 3

The use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur. This technique helps to create suspense.

Question 4

Foil

Answer 4

two characters who provide a direct contrast to one another

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement for emotional or comedic effect

Question 6

Irony

Answer 6

a reversal of expectation

Question 7

Dramatic Irony

Answer 7

the reader knows important information that at least one character does not

Question 8

Pun

Answer 8

a play on words involving a word with two meanings or two words that sound alike but have different meanings

Question 9

Soliloquy

Answer 9

long speech in which a character who is alone on stage expresses their inner thoughts, feelings, or conflicts

Question 10

Tragedy

Answer 10

a play depicting serious or important events, in which the main character meets an unhappy end

Question 11

Tragic Flaw Greek

Answer 11

Hamartia

Question 12

Tragic Flaw

Answer 12

Hamartia

a character flaw which often leads a character to transgress, or otherwise become troubled

Question 13

Apostrophe

Answer 13

Addressing something / someone as if they were physically present