1. ROMEO AND JULIET WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Act I: Vocabulary and Literary Terms

2. ACT I VOCABULARY  Adversary: opponent, enemy  Boisterous: stormy, rowdy, violent  Nuptial: wedding

3. ACT I LITERARY TERMS  Aside: words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone and not intended for others to hear Find an example!  Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter  Characterization: the personality a character displays; the means in which the author reveals that personality  Conflict: the struggle between opposing forces or characters (know the types of external and internal conflict)

4. ACT I LITERARY TERMS  Couplet: two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme  Epithet: a descriptive adjective or phrase used to characterize someone or something  Figurative Language: language that is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense Find an example!  Foil: a character who sets off another character by contrast Find an example!

5. ACT I LITERARY TERMS  Foreshadowing: the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come Find an example!  Iambic meter: unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable  Iambic pentameter: five verse feet with each foot an iamb  Metaphor: comparison between two unlike things without the use of like or as Find an example!

6. ACT I LITERARY TERMS  Simile: comparison of two unlike things using like or as Find an example!  Pun: the humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time Find an example!