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Shakespeare Class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consonance | Repeating a sound throughout multiple words "I perceived here a divided duty" Repeating consoant sounds but not vowels |
| Epiphet | A nickname that can come to stand for the person |
| Epiphora | Repeating a word at the end of the clause |
| Hypophora | Asking a rhetorical question and answering it oneself |
| Dysphemism | Aiming to make matters as jarringly ugly as possible |
| Bildungsroman | A german term meaning coming of age |
| Anaphora | Repeating a word at the start of clauses "Twas a passing strange, Twas pitiful, Twas wondorus pitiful" |
| In Medias Res | Starting a scene "in the middle of the thing" |
| Anadiplosis | Starting one clause with the same word that ended a prior one. |
| Dramatic Irony | An audience knowing more than a character |
| Aphorism | A common basic phrase meant to be seen as wise, Polonius's "Brevity is the soul of wit" |
| Foil | Term for characters who play off of one another |
| Source Material | Original basis of a barrative |
| Verbal Irony | To say one thing then mean another |
| Hexameter | Poetic term for lines of verse made up of six "feet" |
| Parallelism | Mirrored phrases or lines |
| Zeugma | Repeating an exact word/phrase several times |
| Hypallage | Literary term for placing an adjective or modifier with a noun where it technically does not belong |
| Analogy | A literary comparison using the syntax of A:B is as C:D |
| Adynaton | Nothing the indescribability of a moment, particularly one that's grand |
| Anadiplosis | Beginning a line/phrase with a repeat of the prior line's ending |
| Anaphora | Parallel phrasing repeated at the start of clauses. |
| Antanaclasis | A type of Ploce where the repeated word is used with different meanings or senses |
| Anthimeria | Twisting a word into an unusual part of speech |
| Asteismus | Responding to an unintended meaning of what was said, thus turning the first line into a pun |
| Dialysis | Mirrored clauses with two opposing positions where one is negated/rejected by the other |
| Epiphora | Parallel phrasing repeated at end of clauses |
| Epithet | Nickname/Descriptor |
| Hypophora | Where the speaker answers questions being asked (rhetorical questions kinda) |
| In Medias Res | Beginning in the midst of action |
| Levity | Light-heartedness |
| Polyptoton | Repeating a variant of a word, (often to draw attention to unnoticed shared root) |
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