The Language Of Shakespeare

a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing

• Dramatic Irony

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

the audience or reader knows more than the characters do

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• motif

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

when something very different from what was expected occurs, a surprising event

• verbal irony

• symbolism

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• paradox

a speaker’s words take on a double meaning

• verbal irony

• symbolism

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• paradox

a comparison of two unlike objects using a connective word such as like or as

• pun

• metaphor

• simile

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

comparison of two unlike objects without the use of a connective word

• pun

• metaphor

• simile

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving inanimate objects or animals human characteristics

• simile

• pun

• malaproprism

• symbolism

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a short remark usually directed to the audience or another character not intended to be heard by all characters on stage

• aside

• soliloquy

• monologue

• motif

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

a long speech spoken by a character alone on stage that is not intended for other characters to hear – usually thoughts spoken aloud

• aside

• soliloquy

• monologue

• motif

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

a long speech spoken by a character to another character(s) on stage

• aside

• soliloquy

• monologue

• motif

• paradox