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Literary Techniques
Vocab. from Shakespeare
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables |
| allusion | a literary reference to a well-known work of art, music, history, or literature. |
| blank verse | non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter. Most of Shakespeare's plays are written in this form |
| comic relief | such a tragedy, a break in the seriousness for a moment of comedy or silliness |
| double enterdre | a word or phrase with more than one meaning, usually when the second meaning is risque |
| dramatic irony | when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in the story do not know |
| euphemism | a substitution of a more pleasant expression for one whose meaning may come across as rude or offensive |
| figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally;often used to compare dissimilar objects: includes: metaphor, simile,personification, and hyperbole |
| foreshadowing | hints or events to occur later in a story |
| iamb | a unit in poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable |
| iambic pentameter | a 10-syllable line divided into 5 iambic feet ( one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.) |
| imagery | language which works to evoke images in you mind. |
| irony | a contradiction between what is expected and what actually is - or appearance versus reality; includes verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony |
| metaphor | a figure or speech in which a word or phrase is replaced by another often indicating a likeness or similarity between them |
| oxymoron | when two opposite terms are used together |
| personification | attributing human characteristics to non-human objects |
| prose | normal speech rhythym |
| pun | a play on words, especially those that sound alike ,but have different meanings |
| rhyming couplet | two rhyming lines at the end of a speech, signaling that a character is leaving the stage or that the scene is ending |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as |
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