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LITERARY TERMS

Published on Nov 26, 2015

Short presentation of literary terms: the Shakespeare edition

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LITERARY TERMS

THE SHAKESPEARE EDITION
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ACT

A MAJOR UNIT OF ACTION IN A PLAY
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ALLUSION

AN INDIRECT REFERENCE TO ANOTHER WORK OR SOMETHING IN HISTORY
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ASIDE

SPOKEN SO AUDIENCE, BUT NOT OTHER CHARACTERS, CAN HEAR
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BLANK VERSE

Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
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chorus

serves as a narrator; foreshadows or summarizes
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Climax/Turning point

Occurs in Act III when the main character does something to change the direction of the play.
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Comedy

Begins in adversity and usually ends in a wedding
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comic relief

humorous scene included in a drama
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couplet

rhymed pair of lines
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drama

literature in play form
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dramatic irony

occurs when we know something that a character doesn't
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epilogue

short addition at end of play
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Exposition

  • Act I
  • learn the setting
  • discover the conflict
  • meet the characters
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Falling Action

  • Act IV
  • Because of the crisis/turning point, things occur
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foil

A character who provides a sharp contrast to another
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foreshadowing

a writer's use of hints or clues.  Creates suspense.
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Globe Theater

8-sided playhouse where shakespeare's plays were performed
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History Play

one of Shakespeare's plays basedon the lives of Kings
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iambic pentameter

metrical line of 5 feet, each made up of 2 syllables, unstressed/stressed
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imagery

words that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader
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mood

emotional response created by a literary work
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octave

First eight lines of a sonnet
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plot

storyline of a play
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prologue

introduction to a play.  May be in form of monologue.
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prose

in a play, dialogue without meter
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pun

a play on words.  Makes use of a word's multiple meanings.
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quatrain

group of four lines of poetry
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Resolution

  • Act V
  • in a tragedy: lots of dead people on stage
  • in a comedy: a wedding
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rhyme scheme

  • pattern or rhyme in a poem
  • in a sonnet: abab cdcd ef ef gg
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Rising Action

  • Act II
  • The characters start to figure out a way to solve the conflict
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scene

subdivision of an act which designates a separate time or place.
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sestet

The last six lines of a sonnet
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soliloquy

a speech relaying thoughts of an actor alone on stage.
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sonnet

lyric poem of 14 lines
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stage directions

printed in italics at beginning of acts and scenes
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theme

main idea in a work of literature
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tragedy

drama which presents the downfall of a character
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tragic flaw

character defect that leads to the downfall of a character
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