Literary Terms for Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

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Literary Terms for Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 1. Sonnet- a fourteen (14) line poem ending in a couplet, written in iambic pentameter

Couplet 2. Couplet- two (2) lines of poetry that rhyme and have the same meter

Iambic pentameter- 3. Iambic pentameter- A poetic line of five (5- “penta”) iambic feet (a measurement of poetry). **An iambic foot consists of one (1) unstressed and one (1) stressed syllable [ u ’ ]. Example: I must / have passed / the crest / a while / ago. = one (1) line in iambic pentameter

Blank verse- 4. Blank verse- unrhymed verse in iambic pentameter (with a rhythm)

Rhyme scheme- 5. Rhyme scheme- the pattern of rhymes in a stanza or a poem. A stanza is a verse paragraph.

Chorus- 6. Chorus- a person or group of people present to introduce and explain the play

Soliloquy- 7. Soliloquy- a long speech in which a character expresses his or her thoughts aloud (ALONE on stage)

Monologue 8. Monologue- a speech in which a character expresses thoughts (IN FRONT of other characters)

Aside 9. An Aside- something that is said by one character and is meant to only be heard by one other character (and the audience), similar to a secret

Dramatic Foil 10. Dramatic Foil- A character who serves as a contrast for another character (each character is then intensified by the actions or traits of the other character)

Juxtaposition 11. Juxtaposition- the literary act of placing two characters or words or actions side by side in order to heighten or highlight the differences between them

Imagery 12. Imagery- certain words used to bring certain pictures or feelings to mind

Personification 13. Personification- giving life-like or human qualities to inanimate (non- living) objects

Dramatic Irony 14. Dramatic Irony- irony that occurs when the reader or audience knows something that the characters in the story or play do not yet know or believe to be true

Pun 15. Pun- a play on words, a joke—  “I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.”  “Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.”

Simile 16. Simile- using like or as to make an indirect comparison between two unlike things

Metaphor 17. Metaphor- a direct comparison between two unlike things (WITHOUT using like or as)

Allusion 18. Allusion- a reference to something in another piece of literature or in history

Oxymoron 19. Oxymoron- a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression. Example: “The Little Giant” (Similar to paradox- a contradiction of words or ideas that is actually truthful). Example: “Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.” ~Emily Dickinson

Symbol 20. Symbol- something that stands for something else, SYMBOLISM- the use of symbols

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