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Published on Nov 26, 2015
Short presentation of literary terms: the Shakespeare edition
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1.
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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4.
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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19.
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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22.
mood
emotional response created by a literary work
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23.
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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36.
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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Untitled Slide
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