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Julius Caesaer
Julius Caesar vocabulary and literary terms Act II
Term | Definition |
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dramatic irony | when a character fails to recognize realities that are clear to the audience |
verbal irony | when what is said is different from what is meant or expected |
augmented | made greater |
entreated | begged; pleaded with |
conspiracy | a group plotting a harmful act; a harmful plot |
resolution | strong determination |
exploit | act or deed, especially a heroic achievement |
imminent | about to happen |
emulation | old word for envy or jealously |
iambic pentameter | a meter in poetry that has five iambic feet (each foot = one unstressed and one stressed syllable) |
aside | a comment that is spoken so that not all characters on stage can hear it; sometimes the character appears to be thinking out loud. |
soliloquy | a long speech spoken by a character who is alone on stage |