Review of Romeo and Juliet Lit Terms Peterson

Question 1

Protagonist of a story that has a significant flaw that leads to his/her downfall

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Tragic Hero

Question 2

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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Simile

Question 3

Two words with opposite meanings used next to each other

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Oxymoron

Question 4

Lit term that describes when the audience knows more than characters do

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Dramatic Irony

Question 5

A speech in which one character, alone onstage, thinks aloud in a speech

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Soliloquy

Question 6

The opening lines of Romeo and Juliet that sets the story for the reader. Written as a sonnet.

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Prologue

Question 7

The words in brackets that describe the "action" on stage; for example, entrances and exits

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Stage Directions

Question 8

The reason why a tragic hero fails/dies

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Tragic Flaw

Question 9

Restating something someone said in your own words

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Paraphrase

Question 10

When two lines of rhymed poetry are next to each other.

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Couplet

Question 11

A play on words, often created by using two or more meanings of the same/similar sounding words

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Pun

Question 12

A poetic form that includes 14 lines and ends with two lines that rhyme.

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Sonnet

Question 13

The nurse and Peter provide relief from the tension through this:

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comic relief

Question 14

Referencing Zeus, Cupid, Echo, in a poem or writing is an example of:

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Allusions

Question 15

A speech delivered by one person for others to hear

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Monologue

Question 16

A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

Question 17

Most of Romeo and Juliet is written in this type of poetic form

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Blank Verse

Question 18

The section at the very beginning of a play (or other literary work) that introduces it.

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Prologue

Question 19

Lines spoken that only one character or the audience can hear, even though others are onstage

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Aside

Question 20

Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

Question 21

A single character (or group) that speaks the prologue; Can also act as the public in a play

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Chorus

Question 22

Characters that are the opposite of each other to show key personality differences are called:

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Foils

Question 23

The meter that Shakespeare uses for most of his writing

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Iambic Pentameter

Review of Romeo and Juliet Lit Terms Peterson

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