1. ROMEO + JULIET Literary Terminology Part 1

2. Literary Terminology
Sonnet: a poem of 14 lines with a formal rhyme scheme, typically with 10 syllables per line.
Shakespearean sonnet is made of 3 quatrains of 4 lines each, resolved by a couplet.
Couplet: two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

3. Literary Terminology Oxymoron:
Apparently contradictory words appear in conjunction (right next to each other).
Pretty ugly
Alone together
Awfully good
Passive aggressive

4. Literary Terminology Apostrophe:
When a person directly addresses someone or something not actually present: abstract concepts (love, etc.), people (dead or alive), place, or things (sun or sea).
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.”

5. Literary Terminology Foreshadowing:
Phrases and hints that set the stage for the story to follow without revealing the ending or spoiling the suspense.