ENG I Unit 4 Literary Terms

A humorous play on words

A word or phrase before or after a name which serves to describe the character

A long speech made by one character to others onstage

a line of verse with five metrical feet

A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character

The Percy Jackson books contain many _______ to Greek mythology and to The Odyssey.

A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Instead of saying "dead", some people might say "passed away."

What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator!

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Some _____ in The Odyssey include: temptation, loyalty, respect for the gods, and disguises.

A recurring theme, subject or idea

A word used in everyday conversation but is inappropriate in formal writing

In Othello, when the villain Iago is alone, he has a _____ in which he reveals his evil plans.

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

a character makes a speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters

A speech, revealing inner thoughts and feelings, spoken by one character while alone onstage

The Prince in R&J has a ______ in which he threatens the Capulets and Montagues with death.

A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables

"Alexander the Great", "Ivan the Terrible", "Richard the Lion-Hearted" are all examples of ...

The teacher made Kiara rewrite her formal essay because it contained too many ...

Romeo is serious and emotional, while Mercutio likes to joke around. Mercutio is Romeo's ....

In The Loud House, Lincoln Loud often directly speaks to the audience to explain things.