More English Literary Terms

A joke using the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

• Puns

• Allusions

• Alliteration

• Comic relief

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Referencing something else from outside of the story

• Puns

• Allusions

• Alliteration

• Comic relief

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

Jokes or funny skits that balance out the serious sections.

• Puns

• Allusions

• Alliteration

• Comic relief

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

When a sentence uses words that start with the same letter.

• Puns

• Allusions

• Alliteration

• Comic relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

A solo monologue said by a character on stage alone.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

 A long speech said by one character.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

A comment said only to the audience; the other characters on stage do not hear the comment.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A speech or address to someone who is not there.

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Aside

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When the audience understands something about a character’s actions or an event but the other characters do not.

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

• Double entendre

• Malapropism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When someone says something that means the opposite of the literal meaning.

• Dramatic irony

• Verbal irony

• Double entendre

• Malapropism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A