8th
Grade Lit Terms: (From Romeo and Juliet)
Allusion: a reference to a historical or literary
figure.
Dramatic irony: when the audience knows something the
cast (or character) does not.
Soliloquy: A speech made by one cast member to the
audience only.
Foil: a foil is a character who contrasts with
another character - usually the protagonist— to highlight particular qualities
of the other character.
Monologue: a long speech delivered by a character.
Hyperbole: Exaggeration for (humorous) effect.
Malapropism: the
mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with
unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ”
(instead of flamenco ).
Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently
contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
Ex. “solar powered
flashlights,” or “fireproof matches.”
Foreshadowing: a warning or indication of a future event
in advance of it happening.
Ex. Mrs. Schächter’s
visions of fire before they arrive at Auschwitz.
Anthropomorphism: (from Maus) the attribution of human
characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. (Ex. Art Spiegelman drew
the Jewish people as mice and the Nazis as cats.)
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