Literary Terms

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Literary Terms
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Pun

• A Pun is a play on words, either on different
  senses of the same word or on the similar sense
  or sound of different words. Also known as
  paronomasia
• Not I, believe me you have dancing shoes
• With nimble soles I have a soul of lead
• So stakes me to the ground I cannot move

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Aside

• An aside is an actors speech that is directed to
  the audience and is not supposed to be heard by
  other actors on stage.
• Juliet Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my
  love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.
• Romeo Aside. Shall I hear more, or shall I
  speak at this?
• Juliet 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou
  art thyself, though not a Montague.

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Soliloquy

• A soliloquy is a dramatic monologue that
  represents a series of unspoken reflections.
• But, soft! what light through yonder window
  breaks?
• It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
• Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
• Who is already sick and pale with grief,
• That thou her maid art far more fair than she

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Foil

• A foil is a character who serves as a contrast to
  another perhaps more primary character, so as to
  point out specific traits of the primary
  character.

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Rhyming Couplet

• A rhyming couplet is simply two lines that rhyme
  with each other. In Shakespeares plays, he
  often used them to finish off a scene or a
  soliloquy.
• Good night, good night! parting is such sweet
  sorrow,
• That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

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Irony

• Verbal Irony is saying one thing but meaning
  another
• Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows facts
  that the characters in the play are ignorant of

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Oxymoron

• An oxymoron is when two incongruous or clashing
  words are brought together to make a striking
  expression.
• Parting is such sweet sorrow.