Literary Terms in Shakespeare

a device used in plays when a character speaks to himself, revealing his true thoughts

love and romance

a professional poet (like Shakespeare)

a subdivision of a play, opera or ballet

standards of sexual mores (moral attitudes)

a more sophisticated comedy involving characters from the upper class

when a character speaks directly to the audience (and the other characters cannot hear)

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

William Shakespeare was and is often referred to as the _______.

the substitution of an incorrect word for a word with a similar sound

a bawdy comedy of characters from lower social classes

gender roles in society

fidelity and trust

a 14 line poem where lines have 10 syllables, iambic pentameter, ending in a couplet

a subdivision of an Act of a play

a man with an adulterous wife (a wife who cheats on him)

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

deception