Private thought of character directed toward audience usually there are

other characters on stage.

Has rhythm but no rhyme, invented by Shakespeare, written in iambic

pentameter.

Provides a break in the tension of the play, usually follows a very sad

or intense scene.

Characters who contrast each other, the differences are meant to

highlight each one’s strongest characteristics.

The final 2 lines in a sonnet are heroic couplets that often

summarize the poem as a whole. Shakespeare also uses heroic couplets to end

scenes.

The type of foot in a line of poetry and the meter, which is the

number of feet in a line. An iamb foot consists of a syllable that’s not accented,

followed a syllable that does have an accent. A line with iambic pentameter has 10

syllables with five iamb feet.

Comparing two unlike things

Repeating pattern of theme

Two words that are together but contradict each other

Contradicting statement

Giving human characteristics to something not human.

Introduction to a play, delivered by the chorus.

A play on words.

Four line stanza with rhyme scheme.

Compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”.

Speech given by a character alone on stage, the character is thinking

aloud.

A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter, made up of three quatrains

and one couplet with a designated rhyme scheme.

Weakness within a character-in a Shakespearean drama the main

character has a personality defect which causes the character to begin a

downward track that causes his/her downfall.