1. Literary Terms

2.  jumbo shrimp  You drive on a parkway, but park on a driveway.  a silent scream  a bland spice  anarchy rules!

3. What do you call an unemployed jester? Nobody’s fool Impatient customer to waiter: “Waiter, do you serve crabs ?” Waiter: “Sit down, sir—we serve anyone.” "Oops! There goes my hat !" said Tom off the top of his head. You have nimble soles. I have a soul of lead that stakes me to the ground.

4.  A drama that ends in catastrophe for the main character and often several other important characters [usually death]. ROMEO & JULIET

5. TRAGIC HERO Usually someone who is nobly born and has one or more fatal flaws that leads to his or her downfall. Romeo Montague→

6. COMIC RELIEF A humorous scene, incident, or speech that relieves the overall emotional intensity. Mercutio… Romeo, Bon jour! There’s a French salutation to your French Slop. You gave us the counterfeit fairly last night.

7. Devices that theater audiences accept as realistic even though they do not reflect the way real-life people behave.

8. SOLILOQUY A speech that a character gives when he or she is alone on stage. Juliet… O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny they father and refuse thy name! Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.

9. ASIDE A character’s remark that others on stage are not supposed to hear. Like telling a secret out loud.

10. A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work. TybaltBenvolio

11.  An extravagant exaggeration.  Your father says, “I told you a million times to clean up your room!”

12.  in literature, an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text  Romeo says about Rosaline: “She hath Dian’s wit” is a reference to Diana (Artemis) goddess of the moon/archery. One of her traits is her chastity (purity).

13.  Tragedy-A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.  Tragic Hero- a character of noble birth with a tragic flaw.  Hamartia – the tragic flaw that leads to the tragic hero’s downfall.  Recognition – occurs as the hero meets his catastrophe  Reversal – occurs when the opposite of what the hero intends is what happens. 

14. A form of poetry that uses unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter - lines that ideally have five unstressed syllables followed by five stressed syllables. Unstressed/ Stressed BLANK VERSE & IAMBIC PENTAMETER Romeo… But, soft, what light through yon- der win- dow breaks ? It is the east, and Jul- iet is the sun. A- rise, fair sun, and kill the en- vious moon, Who is al- read- y sick and pale with grief That thou her maid art far more fair than she. This passage is also an example of a soliloquy.