Literary Terms and Devices Assessment

aside

• a brief comment or speech made by a character in a play, directed to the audience or another character, which is not heard by the other characters on stage. It reveals a character's thoughts or intentions.

• a type of poetry that has a regular meter (usually iambic pentameter) but does not rhyme. It is often used in plays, particularly by Shakespeare.

• a humorous scene, character, or dialogue, that breaks up a serious or tragic moment in a play or story.

• A conversation between two or more characters in a play, story, or film.

dialogue

• a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

• a literary device where hints or clues are given about events that will happen later in the story.

• when the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not.

• a conversation between two or more characters in a play, story, or film.

blank verse

• a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

• a type of poetry that has regular meter (usually iambic pentameter) but does not rhyme. It is often used in plays, particularly by Shakespeare.

• a humorous scene, character, or dialogue that breaks up a serious or tragic moment in a play or story.

• a long speech delivered by a character or other characters or to the audience.

tragic flaw

• a hero who is incredibly brave but overly reckless may charge into battle without thinking, leading to their downfall.

• her smile was as bright as the sun.

• the deafening silence in the room was almost unbearable.

• the sun smiled down on the field, warming everything it touched.

soliloquy

• A character stands alone on stage and says, "I have spent my entire life working towards this goal. Every decision I've made has been for this moment."

• The sun smiled down on the field, warming everything it touched.

• "The world is a stage, and we are merely players."

• a character, alone in a dark room, says aloud, "If I take this step, it could change everything. But if I don't, I might regret it forever. What choice do I have?"

simile

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

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  the sun smiled down on the field, warming everything it touched.

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  The deafening silence in the room was almost unbearable.

• A humorous scene, character, or dialogue that breaks up a serious or tragic moment in a play or story.

pun

• There were hundreds of cats running around outside, in what I like to call a catastrophe.

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  A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."

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  A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

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  A conversation between two or more characters in a play, story, or film.

personification

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  A brief comment or speech made by a character in a play, directed to the audience or another character, which is not heard by the other characters on stage. It reveals a character's thoughts or intentions.

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  A literary device where hints or clues are given about events that will happen later in the story.

• The sun smiled down on the field, warming everything it touched.

• A humorous scene, character, or dialogue, that breaks up a serious or tragic moment in a play or story.

oxymoron

• 
  Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• The deafening silence in the room was almost unbearable.

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  A character stands alone on stage and says, "I have spent my entire life working towards this goal. Every decision I've made has been for this moment."

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  A type of poetry that has regular meter (usually iambic pentameter) but does not rhyme. It is often used in plays, particularly by Shakespeare.

monologue

• A literary device where hints or clues are given about events that will happen later in the story.

• A conversation between two or more characters in a play, story, or film.

• A character plans to leave a town, but the audience knows that a storm is approaching that will prevent their departure.

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  A character stands alone on stage and says, "I have spent my entire life working towards this goal. Every decision I've made has been for this moment."