Romeo and Juliet: literary devices

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

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

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

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

What the actors say.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A character who contrasts with another character

A line of verse with five metrical feet.

Something used to represent something else.

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

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

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

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

Obvious and intentional exaggeration.

Clues as to what will happen in a story.

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

Unrhyming verse, 10 syllables in each line.

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

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

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

O, I am fortune's fool!

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

The Capulet wall is an object, an obstacle.

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

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

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

An obvious and intentional exaggeration.

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

Two related words; contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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

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

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

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

Someone who writes plays; William Shakespeare.

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

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

A joke about the meaning of a word.

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

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

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