R&J literary terms Flashcards
1
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Dramatic irony
A
When the audience knows something that the character doesn’t
2
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Soliloquy
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When a character speaks their true thoughts on stage
3
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Prose
A
When the characters words don’t rhyme
4
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Verse
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When the characters words rhyme
5
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Sonnet
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A 14 line love poem
6
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Iambic pentameter
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10 syllables in each line - My child is yet a stranger in the world
7
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Oxymoron
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contradicting words - cold fire
8
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foreshadowing
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hinting that something will happen in the future
9
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Symbol
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An object that stands for an idea eg light is heaven or hope
10
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Tragic hero
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A main character who is doomed to die because he has some excess / flaw in his personality
11
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Pathos
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feeling sorry for a character
