Definitions Review Romeo and Juliet Language Terms List 1

A unit of development in poetry, like the prose paragraph

A 14 line poem written in a regular meter

The organization of words' accents and syllables into a pattern

A two syllable foot with equal stress on each syllable, “strong stress”

A play on words; using two or more words that sound or are spelled alike but have different meanings.

A metrical scheme with five feet per line

A synonym for poetry.

Occurs when the audience or reader possesses info that the character(s) do not

A metrical scheme with four feet per line.

Stress or emphasis placed on some syllables

Repetition of initial consonant sounds, like Sally sells seashells...

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

The process of marking out meter and rhyme in poetry

The pattern of rhyme in a poem

A two syllable foot arranged stressed/ unstressed like COOper

Placing two opposite terms side-by-side, such as "happy sadness"

Writing that is not verse.

Two syllables; there are five of these per line in a pentameter poem

A two-syllable foot arranged unstressed/stressed

A recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature