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1 Romeo and Juliet LITERARY TERMS

2 Apostrophe figure of speech in which an absent person, a personified inanimate being, or an abstraction is addressed as though present

3 The reason behind the characters actions
MOTIVATION The reason behind the characters actions

4 PERSONIFICATION Type of metaphor in which a nonhuman quality is talked about as if it were human

5 Occurs when the audience knows something the character does not
DRAMATIC IRONY Occurs when the audience knows something the character does not

6 Inversion Reversal of the normal order of language

7 ASIDE Words spoken to the audience or another character, but are not heard by all characters on stage

8 SOLILOQUY A long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses thought aloud

9 PUN Play on words or two words that sound alike, but have different meanings

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