Tragic flaw: aspect of the hero that is the cause of the hero’s downfall What is Odysseus’s tragic flaw? What is Boxer’s tragic flaw? Voldemort’s tragic.

Tragic flaw: aspect of the hero that is the cause of the hero’s downfall

What is Odysseus’s tragic flaw?

What is Boxer’s tragic flaw?

Voldemort’s tragic flaw?

hyperbole: extreme exaggeration

Cool Ranch Doritos are the world’s perfect food!

Justin Bieber is the greatest singer in the history of the world!

Situational irony: difference between what one

expects (based on appearances) and what actually happens

Water, water everywhere,But not a drop to drink.

Romeo: For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.Who is he talking

about? Why is this

ironic?

Foreshadowing: hints, in a story about dramatic

events that will come laterRomeo’s dream in Act I, Scene V: I fear too early, for my mind misgivesSome consequence yet hanging in the starsShall bitterly begin his fearful dateWith this night’s revels, and expire the termOf a despisèd life closed in my breastBy some vile forfeit of untimely death.

Dramatic irony: when the audience knows something the characters don’t How is the prologue of

Romeo and Juliet an example of dramatic

irony?

Monologue: a long speech by a character, but it is

intended to be heard by the other character(s).

What are some examples of

monologues?

Onomatopoeia: “sound words”

Soliloquy: a long speech by a character alone

onstage. usually explores one of the play's

major themes Romeo’s speech upon seeing Juliet, Act 1, Scene V

Romeo’s speech in the “balcony” scene, Act 2, Scene II

Personification: giving human qualities to

non-human things

paradox: a statement that appears to be

contradictory, but which actually makes sense

Sometimes, even when you lose, you win. Evil hides most effectively behind a

beautiful face.