Alliteration- the repetition of the sound usually initial consonants of words or of stress syllables in any sequence of neighboring words.
Ex.1. Brutus “I spurn thee like a cur”
Ex.2 Cassius “And leave us Publius”
Ex.3 Antony “The enemies of Caesar shall say this”
Antagonist- A person or force that causes a conflict or obstacle for the main character. .
Ex.1- Brutus “It must be his death; and for my part”
Ex.2- Cassius “For we fear prevention”
Ex.3- Cinna “You are the first that rears your hand”
Assonance- the repetition of identical of similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of neighboring words.
Ex.1 Brutus “Who is here so base, who is here so rude”
Ex.2 Brutus “Live, Brutus! Live, live!
Ex. 3 Plebeian “Bring him with triumph home unto his house”
Blank verse- unrhymed lines of iambic
Ex.1 Brutus “Romans, countrymen and lovers”
Ex. 2 “Those that will hear me speak
Ex. 3 “ Poor soul his eyes are red as fire”
Metaphor- A comparison made by referring to one thing as another
Ex. 1 “shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the common wealth”
Ex. 2 “The good is oft interred with their bones”
Ex. 3 “There’s not a nobler man than Antony”
Free verse- a part of poetry that does not conform to any regular metre the length of its lines is irregular, as is its use of rhyme if any it uses a flexible metrical pattern.
Ex. 1 “Now mark him he begins again to speak”
Ex. 2 “I come to bury him not to praise him”
Ex. 3 “If it were so, it was a grievous fault.”
Imagery- a rather vague critical term covering those uses of language in a literary work that evoke sense –impressions by literal or figurative reference to perceptible or concrete objects, scenes, actions, or states, as distinct from the language of abstract argument or exposition.
Ex. 1 “rushing out of doors to be resolved”
Ex. 2 “Whilst bloody treason flourished over us”
Ex. 3 “and put a tongue in every wound of caesars”
Ex. 4 “And with the brands fire the traitors houses”
Monologue- an extended speech uttered by one speaker, either to others or as if alone.
Ex. 1 “Sir octavius has already come to rome”
Ex. 2 “Wherein hath Caesar this deserved your loves?”
Ex. 3 “I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar”
Couplet- a pair of rhyming verse lines usually of the same length.
Ex. 1 “Tear him, tear him”
Ex. 2 “Whither am I going? Where do I dwell?”
Ex. 3 “The will. The will”