Figurative Language
Elements of Tragedy
Characters
Poetic Terms
Miscellaneous Lit Devices
100
A comparison using "like" or "as", popular in the works of Homer.
What is a simile?
100

The smallest part of a play. There are usually 5-7 of these per act.

What is a scene?

100

This character is the principal one whose story we follow in a tragedy.

What is the tragic hero OR protagonist?

100
The meter used in Shakespeare, i.e. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
What is iambic pentameter?
100
This term refers to a moment onstage when a character briefly addresses the audience; typically, other characters onstage are not assumed to have heard the remark.
What is an aside?
200
This literary device uses comparison by stating that the subject IS an otherwise unrelated object.
What is a metaphor?
200

This is the main issue every tragic hero has.

What is a tragic flaw?

200
This character serves as an obstacle for our main character in a literary work.
What is an antagonist?
200
When two lines rhyme and go together...

What is a couplet?

200

"Time flies like an arrow" is an example of this literary device.

What is a simile?

300
This is the general term for language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
300

A long speech spoken by a character alone on the stage

What is a soliloquy?

300

The major problem in a play or literature.

What is the conflict?

300

Unrhymed iambic pentameter.

What is blank verse?

300
This is a device wherein a character, alone onstage, expresses his or her innermost thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
400

When the text refers to the Bible, mythology, or another text.

What is allusion?

400

A short speech spoken by a character to the audience.

What is an aside?

400

A moment of comedy in the middle of the tragedy.

What is comic relief?

400

"Wash the water from these hands..."

What is alliteration?

400

The opposite of poetry.

What is prose?

500
The largest part of a play (there are usually 5 of these)

What is an Act?

500

Directions given to the actors in a play or drama.

What are stage directions?

500

The first major conflict in a story that propels it forward.

What is the inciting incident?

500

This device reveals the main truth of a play or story.

What is the theme?

500

Name one of the main themes of the play...

What is _________________?

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