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Elizabethan Period
Shakespeare - Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sonnet (n) | poem focusing on one idea consisting of fourteen lines, with rhymes following one pattern, set in 3 groups |
| iambic pentameter (n) | common meter consisting of an unrhymed line with 5 feet |
| blank verse (n) | unrhymed verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| soliloquy (n) | when a person talks or speaks to him/herself oblivious to any hearers present; innermost thoughts |
| foreshadowing (v) | to show or indicate beforehand |
| apostrophe (n) | indicate the omnision of a letter |
| oxymoron (n) | a figure of speech where adjectives or adverbs contradict what its describing |
| hyperbole (n) | exaggeration to stress a point but not to be taken seriously |
| dramatic irony (n) | when the audiences knows what is happening more than the people within the play |
| situiational irony (n) | actions affect situation opposite as expected |
| verbal irony (n) | words convey a message opposite of its actual meaning |
| allusion (n) | passing or casual reference, outside the story, the reader is expected to be familiar with |
| motif (n) | reoccurring theme, subject, idea, etc. dominant idea or feature |
| pun (n) | play on words, using a word related to a subject |
| couplet (n) | a pair of successive lines of a verse |
| comic relief (n) | relief of tension made in the introduction |
| personification (n) | giving human qualities to inanimate objects |
| metaphor (n) | comparing things without using like or as |
| simile (n) | comparison between two things using like or as |
| foil (n) | character who provides a contrast to another character |
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