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Romeo and Juliet. Act 1 Literary terms. Aside. A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play. Oxymoron. Definition: A figure of speech which brings together contradictory (opposite) terms.
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Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Literary terms
Aside • A device in which a character in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play
Oxymoron • Definition: A figure of speech which brings together contradictory (opposite) terms. • Examples:living death, pretty ugly, sweet sorrow, smart but stupid, cheerful pessimist
Simile • Definition: A comparison of two unlike objects using the word like or as. • Example: “My love is like a red, red rose.”
Metaphor • Definition: A comparison of two unlike objects without the use of the word like or as. • Example: “The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming out of the darkness.”
Personification • Definition: Giving human attributes and/or feelings to an idea or thing as if it were human. • Examples:a wicked tongue a lonely road a lazy day
Foreshadow • Definition: The introduction early in a story of verbal and dramatic hints that suggest what is to come later.
Pun • Definition: A play on words which uses words that sound alike but have different meanings. • Example: “The dentist joined the army because he liked to drill.” (drill could have two meanings: drilling of the teeth or march drills in the army)
Irony • Definition: A contrast between appearance and reality. • Types of Irony: • Verbal • Dramatic • Situational
Verbal Irony • Definition: A difference between what is literally said and what is actually meant. • Example: “Well, thanks a lot!” (spoken when someone has not been at all helpful)
Dramatic Irony • Definition: When the reader or audience knows that the situation is exactly the opposite of what the participants think it is. • Example: In William Shakespeare’s Othello, the audience knows Iago is the villain, but Othello believes Iago is his most trusted friend
Situational Irony • Definition: When the outcome of circumstances is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate. • Example: In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale is found to be a liar and an adulterer, but he is also a reverend.
Alliteration • Definition: The repetitious use of the same beginning consonant sound in two or more nearby words. • Example: “The ballot is bigger than the bullet.” – Abraham Lincoln
Comic Relief • Definition: A humorous scene or incident that improve tension in an otherwise serious work.
Allusion • Definition: A reference, usually brief, to a person, place, thing, or event with which the reader is presumably familiar. The allusion lets the reader condense great meaning into only a few words. Allusions often refer to mythology, history, religious and literary texts, etc. • Example: “He has the patience of Jesus.”
Motif • Definition: A motif is an idea, object, or theme that is repeated. A motif may also be two contrasting elements in a work, such as good and evil. • Example: In Jaws, the approach of the shark is always signaled by a strumming of bass strings slowly as the music builds in pitch and speed.
Symbol • Definition: Any word, object, character, or action used to stand for something else, embodying and evoking a range of additional significance and meaning. • Example: heart=love; dove=peace; skull=death
Hyperbole • Definition: An exaggeration or overstatement to make emphasis and heighten the overall effect (comic or serious) of a work. • Example: “This backpack weighs a ton!” • Example: She called me a million times.
