Romeo and Juliet is filled with Similes Metaphors

Comedy • A dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone, usually

Tragedy • A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or

Aside • Words spoken by a character in a play to the audience or

Stage Directions • Used by the author to give directions and information to the

Foil • A character set up as a contrast to another character • Ex:

Rhyming Couplet • Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme • Often signify in

Rhythm • The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed

Meter • The regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of

Iambic Pentameter • A line of poetry that contains five iambs (unstressed followed by

Sonnet • A lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. The

Soliloquy • A speech that a character gives when he/she is alone on stage.

Monologue • A speech that a character gives in which he/she speaks to one

Enjambment • The running over of the sense and structure of a line of

Juxtaposition • A scene set up as a contrast to another scene

Apostrophe • The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a

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Romeo and Juliet is filled with… • • • Similes Metaphors Personification Imagery Allusions and Puns Foreshadowing Irony – Dramatic, Situational, and Verbal Tone Theme Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Onomatopoeia

Comedy • A dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone, usually ending happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict

Tragedy • A dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events. Tragedies often begin with an error in judgment, followed by linked cause-and-effect events, finally ending in a disastrous conclusion, usually death.

Aside • Words spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character, that are not supposed to be overheard by the others on stage in a scene • Ex: Sampson (aside to Gregory)“Is the law of our side if I say ay? ”

Stage Directions • Used by the author to give directions and information to the actors such as settings, entrances, exits, and props • EX: (Enter Romeo)

Foil • A character set up as a contrast to another character • Ex: Benvolio and Tybalt

Rhyming Couplet • Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme • Often signify in Shakespeare’s plays that: A) A character is exiting B) The end of a scene or Act • EX: sorrow and ‘morrow

Rhythm • The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry • A regular pattern of rhythm is called meter

Meter • The regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry • Though all poems have rhythm, not all of them have regular meter.

Iambic Pentameter • A line of poetry that contains five iambs (unstressed followed by stressed) • Is used in blank verse and sonnets

Sonnet • A lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. The Shakespearean sonnet consists of three quatrains, (four-line units), and a final couplet. The typical rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg • Ex: Prologue and R&J Meeting

Soliloquy • A speech that a character gives when he/she is alone on stage. • Its purpose is to let the audience know what the character is thinking; the speaker appears to be thinking out loud rather than addressing a listener

Monologue • A speech that a character gives in which he/she speaks to one or more characters. • Differs from a soliloquy in that the speaker is addressing a listener.

Enjambment • The running over of the sense and structure of a line of verse or a couplet into the following verse or couplet.

Juxtaposition • A scene set up as a contrast to another scene

Apostrophe • The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.