1. Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Act 2 Quiz on Thursday, 5/15

2. Cunning
Charmingly cute
Appealing

3. Vile
Highly offensive
Unpleasant

4. Predominant
Having power, influence, or authority over others.

5. Unwieldy
Not easily managed due to size, shape, or weight.
Awkward.

6. Analogy A similarity between like features of two things. Examples:
It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.
Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a ThighMaster.

7. Irony
The difference between what you think or expect to happen and what actually happens.
Example:
A certan girl was going on about how she wouldn't hurt animals when I noticed she was wearing a leather belt....

8. Dramatic Irony
Irony in a drama that is understood by the audience, but not by other characters.
Example: We (the audience) know that although Romeo is attending the party to meet Rosaline, he will actually meet his new love Juliet.

9. Situational Irony
An outcome that turns out to be very different from what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
Example: Penelope greets Odysseus with skepticism and doubt. We would expect her to be excited to see him after twenty years.

10. Verbal Irony
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.

11. Oxymoron Two contradictory words put together to create an effect.
Example: She is just a poor little rich girl.