Midsummer nights dream vocab and lit terms - Galvan 8H English

Fray (synonym)

Fight

Fray (antonym)

Peace/Truce

Abjure (synonym)

reject or renounce

Abjure (antonym)

approve or affirm

Beseech (synonym)

beg or implore

Beseech (antonym)

refuse or reject

Visage (situations to use it in)

Lighting in a movie or art work

Visage (synonym)

countenance

Base (synonym)

dishonorable or improper

Base (antonym)

noble or virtuous

Nuptials (synonym)

wedding

Nuptials (situations to use the word)

a wedding

Bosom (synonym)

chest or bust

Amorous (synonym)

romantic or passionate

Amorous (antonym)

unloving or hateful

Dote (synonym)

adore or idolize

Dote (antonym)

loathe or neglect

Dulcet (synonym)

melodic or soothing

Dulcet (antonym)

harsh or noisy

Spurn (synonym)

reject or scorn

Spurn (antonym)

accept or welcome

Clamor (synonym)

uproar or noise

Clamor (antonym)

quiet or silence

Chide (synonym)

berate

Chide (antonym)

praise

Knave (synonym)

Rouge or scoundrel

Knave (when to use in a sentence)

describing a dishonest person

Rebuke (synonym)

disapprove or reprimand

Rebuke (antonym)

approval or endorsement

Amiable (synonym)

friendly or sociable

Amiable (antonym)

unfriendly or hostile

Fret (synonym)

worry or agonize

Fret (antonym)

relax or ignore

Enmity (synonym)

hostility

Enmity (antonym)

alliance

Mirth (synonym)

glee or joy

Mirth (antonym)

gloom or misery

Audacious (synonym)

Bold or brave

Audacious (antonym)

cautious or fearful

Soliloquy

Long speech in which a character is alone on stage, expressing private thoughts

Aside

A technique used in dramatic performances in which a character says something to him/herself for the purpose of informing the people reading what the character is thinking. No one else on stage hears the thought.

Iambic pentameter

rhythmic pattern of syllables, sounds similar to a heartbeat.

Blank verse

unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter, poetic form that echoes the natural rhythms of speech.

Prose

ordinary spoken or written language.

Imagery

Authors use of figurative language to "paint" an image in the readers mind.

Inversion

writer purposefully puts words in non-traditional order, used to fit words into iambic pentameter.

Irony

use of words to convey the opposite of the actual meaning.

Situational irony

unexpected events occur that seem oddly appropriate, poetic justice

Dramatic irony

The reader knows something abut present or future circumstances that a character in the story doesn't know.

Verbal irony

a writer makes a statement in which the actual meaning differs from the meaning that the words appear to express.

Conceit

an extended metaphor that compares two very dissimilar things.

Allusion

a reference to something else

Malapropism

incorrect words used in place of correct ones, unintentional or intentional, but used for comedic effect.

Oxymoron

describes words or phrases that when placed together, create paradoxes or contradictions.

Monologue

a long uninterrupted speech by one character, used to express inner thoughts, emotions, or to address the audience directly.

Meter

a measurement pattern for iambic pentameter, establishing the poems musicality and pace.

Foot

The basic measuring pattern for iambic pentameter