Romeo and Juliet: literary devices

An obvious and intentional exaggeration.

What the actors say.

The difference between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead.

A long speech by one actor in a play or movie with other characters on stage.

Someone who writes plays; William Shakespeare.

A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary work.

A stanza of four lines, especially one with alternate rhyming.

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or connected words.

The attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions

A remark by a character that is intended to be heard by the audience.

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Romeo is a character of nobility. His character flaws include hastiness and impulsiveness.

A character who contrasts with another character

An instruction in the text of a play, indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor

Mercutio is stabbed and says, "Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch."

A line of verse with five metrical feet.

Clues as to what will happen in a story.

The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

Occurs when the audience knows something that the actors do not.

The Capulet wall is an object, an obstacle.

Romeo tries to help his friend and stop the fight, but he holds Mercutio still & he is stabbed

Did my hear love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

An exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.

Obvious and intentional exaggeration.

Misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.

O brawling love, O loving hate... O heavy lightness

A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme.

Unrhyming verse, 10 syllables in each line.

A great character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, b/c of his own actions.

O, I am fortune's fool!

Rhyme- the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables.

Romeo: I fear, too early; for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars

Mercutio: Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done for.

The running on of the thought from one line, to the next without a syntactical break.

A reference to a famous person, poem, writing, or other artistic work.

Two related words; contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

An expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its words.

A character who is not well-developed, usually has one trait.

A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that is actually true.

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.

The use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.

The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy.

A joke about the meaning of a word.

Something used to represent something else.

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself on stage.