Romeo and Juliet test study guide

define epithet

descriptive adjective or phrase used to characterize someone or something

define dramatic structure

structure of a play

define foreshadowing

the use of hints or clues in a narrative ti suggest what action is to come

define dramatic irony

a cintrast between what the audience knows and what a character does not know

define imagery

language that appeals to any sense or combination of the senses

define monologue

a long, uninterrupted speech presented in fromt of other characters

define motivation

reason explaining why a character thinks, feels, acts, behaves in a certain way

define irony

literary technique that portrays differences between appearance and reality

define repettiton

reutrn of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in literature

define pun

humorous use of a word or ohrase to suggest to or more meanings at the same time

define metaphor

comparistion between 2 unlike things with added meanings to 1 of them

define protagonist

main character

define couplet

2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

define allusion

a reference to a person, place, or event in another work of literature, history, art, or music

define characterization

personality a character displays, by which the author reveals that personality

define conflict

A struggle between opposing forces

define analogy

extended cimparison showing similarities between 2 things

define aside

words spoken by a character in a play, undertone, not intended to be heard

Define climax

point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense

define theme

central idea of a work of literature

define soliloquy

a speech in which a character is alone on satge and expresses thoughts outloud

define symbol

any object, person, or place, or action that has meaning in itself also standin for something larger than itself

define similie

comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

definitely personification

when an animal, object, natural force, or idea is given a personality, described as human

define situational irony

a contrast between what's expected and what really happens

define suspense

makes reader uncertain or temse abt outcome of events

Define verbal irony

contrast between what is said and what is meant

define oxymoron

a figure if speech combining apparently contradictory terms

know the "Who said these" quotes in my other study guide

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be able to define and use the following words in the correct fill-in-the-blank-sentences

adversary

ambiguity

banishment

idolatry

lament

nuptial

perusue

short answer: be able 2 give examples of foreshadowing and dramatic irony from the play

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short answer: be able to answer basic questions abt the play

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