Shakespeare Lit Terms

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Suggestions that something will happen later.

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Foreshadow

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A character speaking one's thoughts aloud when he/she is thought to be alone.

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Soliloquy

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Unrhymed poetry, especially using iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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Two lines, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, forming a unit

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Couplet

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The feeling or atmosphere that is perceived by the reader

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Mood

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The author's attitude toward the subject, the feeling or atmosphere the author is trying to set

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Tone

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Character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character

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Foil

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Use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, usually to bring about change

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Satire

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a drama that ends with everyone dying

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Tragedy

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A drama that ends with a wedding

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Comedy