The document defines various literary terms including soliloquy, genre, rhyming couplet, farce, irony, sub-plot, imagery, blank verse, alliteration, metaphor, pun, simile, prose, and iambic pentameter. It provides descriptions of each term and examples to illustrate literary devices such as metaphor and irony.

1. Literary Terms! Soliloquy Genre Rhyming Couplet Farce Irony Sub-plot Imagery Blank Verse Alliteration Metaphor Pun Simile Prose Iambic pentameter A line of five iambic feet – usually 10 syllables per line. All writing that is not in verse. A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be like another, always using ‘as’ or ‘like’. A play on words. The fusion of two different ideas, where one thing is described as being another, eg: Thy lips – those/Kissing cherries – tempting grow!’ A sequence of repeated initial sounds. Unrhymed iambic pentameter, the most common Shakespearean poetic form. Word pictures which help our understanding and interpretation. A subsidiary action running parallel with the main plot of a play or novel. Saying one thing while meaning another. In dramatic ‘______’ the characters are blind to fateful circumstances of which the audience is fully aware. A form of humorous drama which uses exaggerated characters, absurd and ridiculous situations and knockabout action to get laughs. A pair of lines that rhyme. The term for a kind or type of literature, eg romantic novel, short story, play. A speech in which a character in a play speaks directly to the audience as if thinking aloud about motives, feelings and decisions.

2. Literary Terms! Soliloquy Genre Rhyming Couplet Farce Irony Sub-plot Imagery Blank Verse Alliteration Metaphor Pun Simile Prose Iambic pentameter A line of five iambic feet – usually 10 syllables per line. All writing that is not in verse. A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be like another, always using ‘as’ or ‘like’. A play on words. The fusion of two different ideas, where one thing is described as being another, eg: Thy lips – those/Kissing cherries – tempting grow!’ A sequence of repeated initial sounds. Unrhymed iambic pentameter, the most common Shakespearean poetic form. Word pictures which help our understanding and interpretation. A subsidiary action running parallel with the main plot of a play or novel. Saying one thing while meaning another. In dramatic ‘______’ the characters are blind to fateful circumstances of which the audience is fully aware. A form of humorous drama which uses exaggerated characters, absurd and ridiculous situations and knockabout action to get laughs. A pair of lines that rhyme. The term for a kind or type of literature, eg romantic novel, short story, play. A speech in which a character in a play speaks directly to the audience as if thinking aloud about motives, feelings and decisions.