Julius Caesar

Question 1

Pun

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Blank Verse

Answer 2

lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Question 3

Soliloquies

Answer 3

speeches delivered while a character is alone on stage.

Question 4

Aside

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

a figure of speech that compares two or more things that

have something in common.

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

a figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly

unlike things.

Question 7

Prose

Answer 7

literature that is written in sentence and paragraph form.

Question 8

Diction

Answer 8

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

writer’s voice or style.

Question 9

Personification

Answer 9

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

nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.

Question 10

Tragedy

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Tragic Hero

Answer 11

the downfall may result from outside forces or from a

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

Question 12

Tragic Resolution

Answer 12

the tragic outcome.

Question 13

Irony

Answer 13

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