Julius Caesar Flashcards

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Pun

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a play on words with similar sounds but more than one spelling or meaning.

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Blank Verse

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lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter.

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Soliloquies

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speeches delivered while a character is alone on stage.

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Aside

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in a play, is a comment that a character makes to the audience
that other characters on stage do not hear.

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech that compares two or more things that

have something in common.

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Simile

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a figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly

unlike things.

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Prose

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literature that is written in sentence and paragraph form.

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Diction

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the writer’s choice of words; an important element in the

writer’s voice or style.

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Personification

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a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of

nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.

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Tragedy

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a play in which the main character, or tragic hero, suffers a downfall.

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Tragic Hero

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the downfall may result from outside forces or from a

weakness within the character, which is known as the tragic flaw.

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Tragic Resolution

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the tragic outcome.

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Irony

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a contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality. Know the three types: Dramatic, Situational, Verbal.

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