HS Literary Terms

a lengthy speech directed to others on stage.

• soliloquy

• monologue

• sonnet

• aside

a speech expressing thoughts and feelings, usually by a character who is alone on stage (and never directed to anyone else.)

• dramatic foil

• monologue

• sonnet

• soliloquy

a brief remark to the audience or a specific character.

• sonnet

• dramatic irony

• dramatic foil

• aside

a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows to be true.

• dramatic irony

• dramatic foil

• sonnet

• aside

a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written with ten syllables per line.

• sonnet

• dramatic irony

• dramatic foil

• aside

two characters have opposite personalities, causing a specific trait to stand out.

• aside

• dramatic foil

• dramatic irony

• monologue