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Literary Terms Relating to Shakespeare

Define and give an example of each.
  • sonnet (Elizabethan)
  • iambic pentameter
  • blank verse
  • soliloquy
  • foreshadowing
  • apostrophe
  • oxymoron
  • hyperbole
  • irony (dramatic)
  • irony (verbal)
  • allusion
  • motif
  • pun
  • personification
  • couplet
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