RJ Literary terms

™ A comparison not using like or as that is spread out over multiple lines of text

• Extended Metaphor

• Dramatic Irony

• Oxymoron

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

™ Speeches or a situation of drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play

• Situational Irony

• Soliloquy

• Dramatic Irony

• Foil

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

™ A speech or verbal presentation given by a single character in order to express his or her collection of thoughts and ideas aloud to another character or the audience

• Aside

• Foil

• Monologue

• Situational Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A character alone on stage reveals his/her innermost thoughts to his/herself

• Foil

• Oxymoron

• Aside

• Soliliquy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

™ A short comment or speech that a character delivers directly to the audience, or to himself, while other actors on the stage appear not to hear. Only the audience knows that the character has said something to them

• Foil

• Aside

• Monologue

• Solilquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

™ A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character. The objective is to highlight the traits of the other character

• Foil

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Oxymoron

Figure of speech that appears contradictory

• Soliloquy

• Foil

• Aside

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

™ A joke formed by a play on words

• Foil

• Pun

• Oxymoron

• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A