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Soliloquy |
Speaking one's thoughts out loud even if no one else is present. |
Juliet says she loves Romeo when she is alone on her balcony. |
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Aside |
Out of the way. |
I will move the dirty dishes aside. |
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Pun |
Putting words together to make something funny. Spin on words to make something funny. |
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Oxymoron |
A figure of speech that contradicts the truth. |
You are a big little man.
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Tragedy |
suffering, terrible outcome |
911 was an American tragedy.
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Prologue |
The introduction of the book. |
Read the prologue before beginning the first chapter of your book.
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Dramatic Irony |
When the reader knows something about the characters that other characters do not know. |
Knowing about her father's illness, Mary pretended not to see his sickness.
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Verbal Irony |
Say or write the Opposite of what you mean. |
I love doing all the housework.
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Situational Irony |
When things come out opposite of what you think they will. |
If we practice everyday, we will loose the first seven track meets. |