Shakespeare Vocabulary
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
foreshadowing
flat character
A character that does not change
monologue
A long speech in a play or story, delivered by a single person
symbolism
A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well.
allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
pun
A term for a play on words that have a similar meaning. Ex. A "seafood" diet: I see food and I eat it."
round character
A type of character who changes throughout the story, drama, or novel (shows many different characteristics)
situational irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
A comment made to the audience, not intended for the other characters to hear. (breaking "fourth wall")
Aside
a type of meter that has 10 syllable in a line of poetry.
Iambic Pentameter
A person struggling with some kind of internal pressure. Internal conflicts are not always evident on the character;s exterior.
Internal Conflict
Poems the express the observations and feelings of a single speaker.
Lyric Poetry
What are the different types of External conflict?
Person vs. person - physical fight between two characters Person vs. nature - person trying to survive against the elements Person vs. society - person trying to go against society's norms or rules
soliloquy
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any audience
2 line Stanza.
couplet
dramatic irony
facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work
A classification of a poem's meter when most (though certainly not all) of the feet are iambs. Iambic pentameter is the most natural meter for English poetry.
iamb
Verbal irony
irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another (sometimes sarcasm_)
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
meter
4 line stanza
quatrain
14 line poem with fixed structure and rhyme scheme including three quatrains and a rhyming couplet; popularized by Shakespeare
sonnet
imagery
the author "paints a picture" for us using vivid language and sensory details
alliteration
the repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
irony
the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. Often confused with coincidence. Sub genres: verbal irony, dramatic irony, situational irony
dialogue
A conversation between two or more characters
