R &J Literary Elements and Vocabulary

What is a parallel plot?

• When the author hints at a possible plot coming up.

• When the author includes a separate story-line linked by one common character, event, or theme in the play.

• When the author brings together 2 opposite words in a sentence. Example: "O brawling love, / O loving hate"

• When the author tricks readers by switching up his language.

A pun is ___________.

• a synonym

• an antonym

• 2 words that are spelled differently

• a play on words

What is an example of an irony?

• Sally wants to marry Sam but her mother won't allow it.

• Macbeth appears to be loyal to Duncan but actually plots to kill him.

• When the audience knows something the characters don't.

• Sam and Sally run away to get married in secret.

"Juliet is the sun" is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Antagonist

• Motif

In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move while the audience is aware

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony 
• situational irony
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Shakespeare's Theater is...

• The Global

• The King's Men

• Stratford upon Avon

• The Globe

Two characters who show off each other's traits

• round

• dynamic

• foil

• pairs

An example of a hyperbole is when Juliet says to Romeo that "bounty is as boundless as the sea."

• True

• False

Define allusion. 

• a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object from history in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds
• a figure of speech that is not meant to be taken literally 
• a comparison made using like or as that also utilizes personification 
• when the author appeals to the 5 senses of the reader to help the reader feel like we are experiencing what is happening in the reading.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why do authors use allusions?

• A. To make meaningful connections between texts
• B. To engage readers in an inside joke
• C. To provide new and meaningful connections to the plot, characters, or setting.
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4