1. Vocabulary definitions
Romeo and Juliet
Vocabulary definitions

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1. Oxymoron – (noun) – Conjoining contradictory terms. Ex: jumbo shrimp, adult child, civil war, icy hot, etc.
2. Parody – (noun) - A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. EX: The Daily Show, The Colbert Report ,
“Vampire sucks” (Twilight).

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Soliloquy – (noun) – A dramatic or literary form of talking when a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing the listener.
(Ex: Balcony Scene in Romeo and Juliet.)

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4. Tragedy – a type of drama of human conflict which ends in defeat and suffering. (Romeo and Juliet)

5. 5. Iambic Pentameter- A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with 5 feet or accents, each consisting of 1 accented and 1 unaccented syllable.
6. Couplet- A pair of successive lines in verse, especially a pair that thyme are the same length.

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7. Discreet – (adj) – Exercising or showing prudence and with self-restraint in speech and behavior.
8. Solemnity – (noun) - A trait of dignified seriousness.
9. Scathe – (verb) - To harm or injure, especially by fire. To criticize or denounce severely.

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10. Feign – (verb) - To fake or fabricate; to give a false appearance.
11. Ambiguous – (adj) Doubtful or uncertain.

8. 12. Portentous – Marvelous, amazing.
13. Augment- To make larger.
14. Belligerence- An act of carrying on war.
Being mean and aggressive.

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1. Pun – (noun) - A play on words.
2. Aside – (noun) - A short remark, usually directed to the audience and not intended to be heard by the other characters. (Sometimes it’s directed at another character.)
3. Foil –(noun)- A character who serves as a contrast for another character.

10. List 2 Quatrain –(noun) - A stanza or poem of four lines.
Envious –(adj) - Showing extreme jealously; covetous.
Wanton –(adj)- Immoral or unchaste. Undisciplined; spoiled.

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Pensive –(adj) - Deeply, often dreamily thoughtful. (Sometimes in a sad way
8. Lament –(verb)- To express grief for. To regret deeply; deplore.

12. 9. Dramatic Irony – The reader or audience knows something that the character doesn’t.
10. Monologue - A part of a drama in which a single actor speaks alone for a prolonged time.
11. Abate – To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity, (weaken), lessen; diminish.

13. 12. Tedious – long and tiresome; boring; monotonous.