Like poem stuff Flashcards
Inversion
Unusual word order in a sentence
Pun
Used for humor; two distinct meanings for same or simiallr sounding words
Double entendre
Pun like; second meaning is usually sexual
Malapropism
Character mistakenly using a word they have confused with another
Aside
Diagolge spoken by a character to audience; other characters aren’t supposed to hear
Soliloquy
Line in a play; character reveals inner thoughts to audience/speaks to themself
Monologue
Speaker addresses one or more silent listeners; long speech
Blank verse
10 syllables per line that don’t rhyme
Oxymoron
Combo of two opposite terms to emphasize meaning
Paradox
Contradicting ideas that make sense
Foil
Two characters paired up to develop/emphasise certain traits
(iamb)ic pentameter
3 quatrains, 1 couplet , 14 lines , 1 unstressed/1stressed pattern in 5