English

Aside

• Words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or another character, but are not supposed to be heard by others on the stage. 

• Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. 

• An instance in which a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different.

• Long speech in which a carter who is alone on a stage expresses his or her thoughts aloud. 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Couplet

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things, in which one becomes another.

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things using  a word such as like,  as or resembles.

• A situation in which the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not know.

• Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Dramatic monologue 

• An instance in which a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different. 

• A poem or speech in which a speaker addresses one or more silent listeners, often reflecting on a problem or situation.

• Long speech in which a carter who is alone on a stage expresses his or her thoughts aloud.

• A situation in which the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not know.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Metaphor

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things using  a word such as like,  as or resembles.

• Words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or another character, but are not supposed to be heard by others on the stage. 

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things, in which one becomes another.

• A figure of speech In which apparently contradictory terms appear in connection with each other.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Oxymoron

• A figure of speech In which apparently contradictory terms appear in connection with each other.

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things using  a word such as like,  as or resembles.

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things, in which one becomes another.

• Long speech in which a carter who is alone on a stage expresses his or her thoughts aloud. 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Personification

• A figure of speech In which apparently contradictory terms appear in connection with each other.

•  An instance in which a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different. 

• A situation in which the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not know.

• A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing  or qualthy is talked about as if it were human.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Simile

• Long speech in which a carter who is alone on a stage expresses his or her thoughts aloud. 

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things, in which one becomes another.

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things using  a word such as like,  as or resembles.

• A figure of speech In which apparently contradictory terms appear in connection with each other.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Soliloquy

• A situation in which the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not know.

• Long speech in which a carter who is alone on a stage expresses his or her thoughts aloud.

• An instance in which a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different. 

• A poem or speech in which a speaker addresses one or more silent listeners, often reflecting on a problem or situation.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Verbal irony 

• Words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or another character, but are not supposed to be heard by others on the stage. 

• A poem or speech in which a speaker addresses one or more silent listeners, often reflecting on a problem or situation.

• Long speech in which a carter who is alone on a stage expresses his or her thoughts aloud.

•  An instance in which a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different. 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Dramatic irony 

• A situation in which the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not know.

• A poem or speech in which a speaker addresses one or more silent listeners, often reflecting on a problem or situation.

• An instance in which a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different. 

• Figure of speech that compares two unlike things using  a word such as like,  as or resembles.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10