Julius Caesar - Literary Terms & Examples

a passing reference to historical or fictional characters, places, or events with which the writer assumes the audience will be familiar

• allusion

• flashback

• comic relief

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

a humorous incident, action, or remark that relieves emotional tension

• comic relief

• allusion

• flashback

• verbal irony

the technique of giving hints or clues that suggest or prepare for events that occur later in a work

• simile

• repetition

• comic relief

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a comparison between two unlike things not using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

using a word, phrase, or idea over and over to demonstrate its importance

• alliteration

• comic relief

• repetition

• allusion

a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• foreshadowing

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a dramatic convention in which a character in a play, alone on stage, speaks his or her thoughts aloud revealing his or her motives, plans, and state of mind

• flashback

• simile

• soliloquy

• comic relief

a state of anxious anticipation, expectation, or uncertainty regarding the resolution of a conflict

• suspense

• soliloquy

• rising action

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the contrast between what is said and what is meant

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• sarcasm

a serious work of fiction that presents the downfall of its protagonist; a work that is serious, complete in itself, and of a certain magnitude

• tragedy

• play

• exposition

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3