Julius Caesar literary terms/ latin word parts

anachronism

a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

dramatic irony

Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play.

free verse

Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme

iambic pentameter

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable

pathetic fallacy

The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example angry clouds; a cruel wind.

situational irony

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

soliloquy

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

sonnet

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

verbal irony

irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

suc-

below, under

cinct

bind, border, surround

cinemat

motion

ciner

ash

combus

burn up

cuss

strike, shake

esth

feeling, perception, sensation

-ary

that which

-esis

action, process

-ure

state, quality, act