Romeo and Juliet: literary devices

Something used to represent something else.

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

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

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

A line of verse with five metrical feet.

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

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

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

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

O, I am fortune's fool!

What the actors say.

Two related words; contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Obvious and intentional exaggeration.

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

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

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

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

A character who contrasts with another character

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

An obvious and intentional exaggeration.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A joke about the meaning of a word.

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

Unrhyming verse, 10 syllables in each line.

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

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

The Capulet wall is an object, an obstacle.

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

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

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

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

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

Someone who writes plays; William Shakespeare.

Clues as to what will happen in a story.