What is dramatic irony?

audiences know things that character do not

What is personification?

Giving a human quality to an object or animal.

The opposite of what you expect

Speech where a character (usually alone on the stage) shares their thoughts

How do you know if a phrase is a metaphor?

It compares by saying something is something else.

What is verbal irony?

saying other than what is meant (sarcasm)

two opposite words used together

A character whose personality and attitude are opposite another

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and usually have the same meter.

14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, following specific rhyme scheme

Major Literary Devices: Aside

a remark shared between the audience and character others cannot hear

Which is an example of situational irony in Romeo and Juliet?

Instead of love bringing joy, it brought tradgey to two families.

Bradbury uses allusion in Fahrenheit 451 to...

Make reference to works of literature the reader might know, For irony

A speech delivered uninterrupted in presence of character

An elephant’s opinion carries a lot of weight.

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1
Who uses the oxymoron "o loving hate"?
Paris
Romeo
Juliet
Benvolio
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What is dramatic irony?
something other that what is expected happens
saying other that what is meant
author's choice of words
audiences know things that character do not
3
What is personification?
An adjective?
A sound effect.
Comparing one thing to another.
Giving a human quality to an object or animal.
4
Which of these is an example of a metaphor in Fahrenheit 451?
"The house was like a great bee come home to the hive."
"He was a storm...."
"The bedroom was wide and dark."
"Books were only a type of receptacle."
5
Situational Irony
The audience knows more than the characters
The opposite of what you said
Something coincidental
The opposite of what you expect
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As Juliet prepares to drink the potion, she delivers a soliloquoy about
rejoining Romeo
disappointing her father
waking up in the tomb alone
tricking Paris
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What is soliloquoy?
Some type of difference between appearance and reality.
Events that makes up a narrative that involve characters in conflict
Speech where a character (usually alone on the stage) shares their thoughts
Notes in a drama to describe how the work is to be performed or staged
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Simile, metaphor, or personification? The rusty door hinge screamed as the door opened.
personification
simile
metaphor
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How do you know if a phrase is a metaphor?
It contains a person, place, or thing.
It uses “like” or “as” to compare things.
It compares by saying something is something else.
It makes something that is not human seem human.
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Who are foils in Romeo and Juliet?
Paris and the Nurse
Romeo and Juliet
Benvolio and Tybalt
Mercuitio and Romeo
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What is verbal irony?
main idea or message
something other than what is expected happens
saying other than what is meant (sarcasm)
audiences know things the characters do not
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What is an oxymoron?
a bird.
a stupid person
two opposite words used together
a cleaning product
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Foil (in literature)
Two similar characters
A silvery substance used to wrap food
A character's family
A character whose personality and attitude are opposite another
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Couplet definition
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and usually have the same meter.
A category or type of literature, such as tragedy, comedy, romance, etc.
rhythmic pattern of poetic line, determined by the number & type of feet.
metrical foot of unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one (ta-DAH).
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Sonnet definition
14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, following specific rhyme scheme
measure, metrical foot, unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
speech in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, on stage
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Which of the following is not an example of allusion in Fahrenheit 451?
robotic dog
Benjamin Franklin
the tower of Babel
Ecclesiastes
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Major Literary Devices: Aside
a sentence that uses a phrase with words of similar consonant sounds
a comparison using "like" or "as"
a comparison between two unrelated things
a remark shared between the audience and character others cannot hear
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Which is an example of situational irony in Romeo and Juliet?
Mercutio attempts to allure Romeo out from hiding using Rosaline's name.
"Go ask his name: if he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed."
The audience knows Juliet is not dead, while the characters believe she is.
Instead of love bringing joy, it brought tradgey to two families.
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Bradbury uses allusion in Fahrenheit 451 to...
For creative purpose
Make reference to works of literature the reader might know
Keep the audience's attention
For irony
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Monologue
A speech delivered uninterrupted in the presence of your cat
A speech delivered uninterrupted in presence of character
A speech in front of your mother
A speech in front of your cow
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Which is a pun?
An elephant’s opinion carries a lot of weight.
Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.
Hey! Guess who the new Newton of our school is?
He is sharp as a knife

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