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“Romeo & Juliet”
Literary Terms
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Drama
a story written to be performed by actors
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Soliloquy a long speech expressing the thoughts of a
character alone on stage
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Monologue
a speech by one
character in a play, story, or poem
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Prologue an opening speech
that introduces the play’s main
characters, plot, and setting
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Tragedy a work of literature, especially a play, that
results in a catastrophe for the
main character.
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Tragic heroa character of noble birth with
the potential for greatness, but due to a tragic flaw in his character makes an error in judgment that leads to his death
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Aside
a short speech delivered by an actor in a play traditionally directed at the audience.
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Comic Relief
a technique that is used to interrupt a serious part of a literary work by introducing a humorous character or situation.
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Dialogue
a conversation between
characters
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Blank Verse
poetry written in unrhymed iambic
pentameter
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Dramatic Foil
a character that provides a contrast to
another character –
opposites
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Suspensea feeling of uncertainty
about the outcome of events in a story –
a way to keep the reader interested
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Irony
when a reader expects one
outcome and the opposite occurs
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Sonnet
a fourteen line lyric poem traditionally written in iambic pentameter
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Iambic Pentameter
A series of five stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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Couplet
a pair of rhyming lines in poetry
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That completes our notes on literary terms. Now we will
discuss sonnets more in depth.
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A fourteen line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter
Themes: Love Friendship Mortality Immortality of poetry
Sonnets
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Sonnets
A sonnet consists of three quatrains and one couplet
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Sonnets
A quatrain is a series of four rhymed lines
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SonnetsFirst quatrain: the subject is revealed and why it is loved is explained
Second quatrain: describe what is special about the subject – be descriptive and imaginative
Third Quatrain: A problem arises with loving the subject
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SonnetsA couplet is a series of
two rhymed lines
Summarizes and leaves the reader with a new, concluding image
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SonnetsRhyme Scheme – a pattern of rhyme in a poem
Sonnet Rhyme Scheme: ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG
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SonnetsIambic Pentameter:
five beats of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables (“da-DUH”); ten
syllables per line.
Meter means rhythm.
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Sonnets
“Who’s wood / these are / I think / I know /his house”
“Is in / the village / though he / will not / mind me / stopping”
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Sonnets
Now we will be listening to some examples of sonnets.