Literary Terms and Devices in Romeo and Juliet

Question 1

A timeless character or theme that is found in a variety of works

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archetype

Question 2

"If e'er thou wast thyself, and these woes thine, Thou and these woes were all for Rosaline."

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alliteration

Question 3

A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a tragic hero or characters

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tragedy

Question 4

Conversations that occur between characters on stage

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dialogue

Question 5

A short speech directed to the audience but not heard by other characters on stage

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aside

Question 6

A rhymed pair of lines found in lines 13 and 14 of a Shakespearean sonnet

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couplet

Question 7

A minor division in a play which allows for change of characters or setting

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scene

Question 8

Narrates the prologue introducing characters, setting, and conflict

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chorus

Question 9

The dictionary definition of a word

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denotation

Question 10

A lyrical poem of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme

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sonnet

Question 11

"O God, I have an ill-divining soul. Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low As one dead..."

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foreshadowing

Question 12

Literature in which plots and characters are developed through dialogue and action

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drama

Question 13

This character often acts or plays in opposition to the main character

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antagonist

Question 14

A 14 lined introductory scene that introduces character, setting, and conflict

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prologue

Question 15

Benvolio, the peace-maker, and Tybalt, the fiery "Prince of Cats," are

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dramatic foils

Question 16

A pattern of end rhymes in a poem

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rhyme scheme

Question 17

Romeo fears going to the party because he had a dream that something bad would happen. This is

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foreshadowing

Question 18

A four lined stanza or group of words having a distinct rhyme scheme

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quatrain

Question 19

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a

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tragedy

Question 20

Act IV Scene 5: The Capulets think Juliet is dead, but the audience knows she is not. This is

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dramatic irony

Question 21

Most of Shakespeare's plays contain 5 major divisions or

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acts

Question 22

Can often be internal or external

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conflict

Question 23

A metrical pattern of five unstressed and stressed beats

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iambic pentameter

Question 24

The connections we make to a word: red often implies anger or love.

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connotation

Question 25

A speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud and alone on stage

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soliloquy

Literary Terms and Devices in Romeo and Juliet

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Literary Terms and Devices in Romeo and Juliet

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