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Foil |
A character whose behavior, attitudes or opinions contrast with those of the protagonist. The foil helps us to better understand the main character.
Example: Fortinbras or Laertes to Hamlet |
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Foreshadow |
An indication of something that may happen later in the story.
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration not intended to deceive.
Example: If I don't do my homework my mother will die. |
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Understatement (Litotes) |
Presenting something as less important than it really is.
Example: Mercutio is shanked, says, "...a scratch, a scratch" |
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Imagery |
Words that help the reader picture or sense what is being described by using one of the senses. |
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Verbal Irony |
A difference between what is said and what is meant. The speaker says the opposite of what is meant.
Example: Oh good! It's time to do my Math homework! |
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Dramatic Irony |
The difference between what the audience knows and what a character knows to be true. |
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Situational Irony |
A difference between what happens and what would be expected to happen.
Example: Student studies for days for an English test but sleeps the morning up the test, shows up late for class and fails the test. |
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Sonnet |
A lyrical poem consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter. There are two different kinds.
a) English sonnet has three four-line stanzas (abab,cdcd,efef) followed by a rhyming couplet (gg)
b) The italian sonnet has two parts, an eight line section (abba abba) and a six line section (cde cde) |
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Stanza |
A grouping of several lines of a poem (like a paragraph in prose) usually separated from the next stanza by a space. |
