Julius Caesar Literary Terms and Vocabulary

Vocabulary and literary terms flashcards for Julius Caesar study preparation.

Foreshadowing

A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

Dramatic Irony

A literary device where the audience knows something that the characters do not.

Soliloquy

character speaks their thoughts aloud when alone, revealing their inner feelings to the audience.

Soliloquy

A dramatic device in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud when alone, revealing their inner feelings to the audience.

Alliteration

repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close together in a sentence

Pun

a joke that plays on words with multiple meanings or words that sound alike but mean different things

Knave

A dishonest or unscrupulous man; a rogue.

Soothsayer

A person who predicts the future; a fortune-teller.

Entreat

To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.

Contrive

To create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Lament

To express sorrow, regret, or unhappiness about something.

Interim

The intervening time; provisional or temporary.

Semblance

The outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Prodigious

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

Imminent

About to happen; impending.