Romeo and Juliet Flashcards

Flashcards on Romeo and Juliet focusing on literary terms and dramatic conventions.

What is blank verse?

Lines of verse written in iambic pentameter without rhyme.

What is prose?

Any material not written in meter.

What is a soliloquy?

A moment in a drama when a character is alone onstage and speaks his/her inner thoughts aloud.

What is an aside?

A short speech which IS heard by the audience but NOT by other characters in the play.

What is concealment?

Allows a character to be seen by the audience, but remain hidden from actors on stage.

What is a pun?

A play on words wherein one word is used to convey two meanings at the same time.

What is an oxymoron?

Putting contradicting words together.

What is a malapropism?

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word, often with amusing effects.

What is onomatopoeia?

A word formed from the imitation of natural sounds.

What is alliteration?

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words in the same line.

What is assonance?

The repetition of vowel sounds within two or more words in close proximity.

What is consonance?

The repetition of consonant sounds in successive words.

What is rhyme?

When identical or similar concluding syllables in different words are repeated.

What is repetition?

The intentional use of a word or phrase for effect, two or more times.

What is a simile?

A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”.

What is a metaphor?

A comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as”.

What is personification?

When human qualities are attributed to something nonhuman.

What is hyperbole?

Intentional exaggeration to create an effect.

What is foreshadowing?

An author’s hints of future events.

What is an Allusion

a reference to an outside work (a book,

song, poem, myth, Biblical passage, etc.) in order to make

connections

What is Dramatic Irony

occurs when the audience knows

something the characters do not know

What is Epithet

a word or phrase preceding or following

a character’s name which serves to describe

that character

What is Imagery

a word or group of words in a literary work which

appeal to one or more of the five senses (vivid writing that puts images

in the reader’s head)

What is Tragedy

a type of drama that includes disastrous or

misfortunate events, especially concerning the downfall of

the protagonist/tragic hero due to his/her tragic flaw