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Tragedy of Julius Caesar Literary Terms
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10th Grade
04/30/2012

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tragedy
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a drama in which a s eries of acitons leads to the downfall of the main character
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tragic flaw
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an error in judgment or character defect
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tragic hero
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high social rank, has a tragic flaw, suffers complete ruin, faces downfall with courage
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dramatic irony
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the audience knows more than one or more characters
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soliloquy
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a speech used to reveal a character's private thoughts and feelings
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aside
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a remark, either to the audience or another character - no one is si[[psed to hear
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repetition
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the use of words or phrases more than once to emphasize ideas
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parallelism
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the repetition of grammatical structures to express ideas that are related or of equal importance
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rhetorical questions
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to make the speakers rightness seem self-evident
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paraphrase
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restate key points in your own words
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