Terms to Know Literary Devices (R&J)

"Everybody in the company has their own cuticle." This is an example of...

After an intense scene, the author will sometimes insert __________ to ease tension.

A character who contrasts with another character to highlight qualities of the other character

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!" is an example of...

an extended metaphor

When a character speaks to an inanimate object or someone not present or who won't answer back.

The study of metrical form; patterns comprised of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Any ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

"A horse is a very stable animal" is an example of a....

"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?" This line is an example of...

"Fiend angelical" is an example of...

Romeo does not qualify in the classical sense because he escapes/fails to endure his suffering

"love stinks" mentality, including physical symptoms

"Love is a battlefield" is an example of a...

The speaker uses literary devices like metaphor to describe aspects of his lover's face, body, or personality.

A repeated idea, pattern, or element running throughout a work of art, forming part of the main theme

"I never will be satisfied til I behold Romeo....Dead...is my poor heart" This is an example of

In an Italian (or Petrarchan) ______ the "volta" comes between the OCTAVE & SESTET rather than after the final quatrain.

"Santa's helpers are subordinate Clauses" is an example of....

Juliet, on her balcony, delivering a speech to herself. This is an example of a...

"Everybody in the company has their own cuticle." "Cuticle" should be...