Literary Terms For Julius Caesar

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Pun

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a play on words that explains another meaning

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Soliloquy

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is a speech delivered by a lone character that reveals the speakers thoughts

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Monologue

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a statement stated by a character

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Stage Directions

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statements describing location on state props used on stage or position or players

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Irony

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The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

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verbal irony

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ironic by stating something that is not used-contradictory statement sarcasm

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dramatic irony

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suspensful

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Simile

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is a comparison using like or as

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Metaphor

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is a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken or written about as if then

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Personification

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is a figure of speech in which an idea, animal, or thing is described with human qualities

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Hyperbole

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is an exaggeration made for rhetorical effectg

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Allusion

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technique in which reference is made to a person, event, object, or work from history or literature

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Oxymoron

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is a statement that contradicts itself

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Foil Character

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is a character whose attributes, or characteristics contrast with it

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Aside

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a statement by a character made to be heard by the audience

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Tragedy

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in which the protagonists social values decline

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Iambic Pentameter

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type of poetry, da-dum-da, week to strong sylable

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blank verse

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is unrythmend poetry written in iambic pentameter

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Anachronism

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is a reference to something that did not exist at the time being described