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JC Lit Terms 1
Julius Caesar Literary Terms List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Theme | Underlying moral, lesson, or statement about the human condition that a work of literature makes. |
| character | a persona or agent within a play |
| direct characterization | what a character actually says and does |
| indirect characterization | what other characters say about another character |
| tragic hero | the main character who, either through personal flaws or poor decisions, causes his/her own downfall which affects the entire story. |
| archetype | a recurring pattern in literature, history, or culture |
| plot | the events in a play or story |
| setting | the time and place where a story takes place; in a Shakespearean play, this is established in Act I as is conflict |
| conflict | there is trouble on the horizon or something must be solved; in a Shakespearean play, this is established in Act I |
| rising action | things become more complicated; in a Shakespearean play, it usually is in full force in Act II |
| Climax | the point in the story where the main conflict is taken head on; in a Shakespearean play, this happens in Act III |
| Falling Action | events in the story become unraveled as a result of the climax; in a Shakespearean play, it may start in Act III and go all of the way to Act V. |
| Resolution | the state of the world within a story at teh end when all conflicts are resolved; in a Shakespearean play, this is usually done in the last scene(s) of Act V |
| Anachronism | the presence of an object or idea in a story that did not exist in the actual time period the story is set in; EX: a clock in Rome. |
| Metaphor | comparison of two unlike things: "these growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing will make him fly an ordinary pitch..." Act I scene i last lines |
| Simile | a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" "I am as constant as the Northern Star of whose true fixed and resting quality there is no fellow in the firmament."--Caesar |
| mood | the emotional setting of a story or scene within a work of literature |
| soliloquy | In a Shakespearean play, when a character is on stage by themselves revealing their inner thoughts or intentions directly to the audience |
| aside | when a character is on stage revealing their inner thoughts or intentions directly to the audience AND NOT to other characters although other characters are on stage. |
| tone (NF) | the speaker's attitude about their subject or what they are talking about |
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