Literary Terms 2023

The author of a play

The units of action in a play

When the audience knows that Romeo is a Montague, but the servant who can't read does not know that Romeo is a Montague

A stanza or poem of 4 lines

The part of the script of a play that tells actors how they are supposed to move and how they should speak their lines

The people who perform

A technique the playwright uses to provide clues about something that will happen later in the story is FORESHADOWING.

"The slimy, slithering snake snuck across the salty sea coast." This is an example of assonance.

When a firehouse burns down, that is an example of DRAMATIC IRONY

A single line of words in a poem

Verse that is written in stanzas. It usually has a rhytm.

A particular object that represents an idea larger than itself is a _________.

A humorous play on words is a JOKE.

The triangular plot pattern that Shakespeare's plays usually follow

A meter in poetry; it refers to a line consisting of 5 iambic feet

"The homework was going to take my entire life to complete." This is an example of _____.

Unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter

The central idea that pulls the literary work together is ______

Comes from the Greek word "dran," which means "to do" or "to act"

A long speech by one single character, spoken to other characters who are on stage

A combination of characters that demonstrates each others strengths and weaknesses

The individual parts of acts

A long speech expressing the inner THOUGHTS of a character who is usually alone on stage.

Ordinary writing that is not poetry.

The way the author expresses his attitude through his writing is MOOD.

Words that appeal to the five senses create ____________.

A 14 line poem that has a structured rhythm and rhyme scheme

Two back-to-back lines of poetry that rhyme