English

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LORD MONTAGUE

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wealthy nobleman of Verona and enemy to Lord Capulet

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LADY MONTAGUE

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his wife

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ROMEO

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montagues son

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BENVOLIO

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Lord montagues nephew, romeos cousin and friend

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BALTHASAR

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Romeos servant

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ABRAM

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a sevant

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LORD CAPULET

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wealthy noble man of
Verona and enemy to Lord Monatgue

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LADY CAPULET

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his wife

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Juliet

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the capulets daughter, who is thirteen years old.

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TYBALT

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lady capulets nephew, juliets cousin

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OLD MAN

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elderly relative of the capulet family

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NURSE

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servant who has cared for Juliet since infancy

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PETER

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the nurses servant

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SAMPSON&GREGORY

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servants

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CHORUS

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actor who speaks directlty to the audience to introduce the play.

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PRINCE ESCALUS

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ruler of Verona

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COUNT PARIS

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relative of the prince and suitor to Juliet

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Mercutio

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relative of the prince and romeos friend

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FRIAR LAWRENCE

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catholic priest of the order of Francisans and a pharmacist

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APTOTHECARY

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pharmacist in Mantua

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FRIAR JOHN

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Franciscan priest

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PAGE

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servant to paris

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SETTING

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italy- the cities of Verona and Mantua, the fourtenneth century

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ASIDE

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in a play, a comment made by a character that is heard by the audience or another character but is not heard by the other characters on stage.

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DIALOUGE

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conversation between characters in a literary work. Dialouge brings characters to life by revealing their personalities and by showing what they are thinking and feeling as they react to other characters. it also helps to advance the plot.

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DRAMATIC IRONY

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a contrast between appearance and reality. situational irony exsists when the actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected. Verbal irony exsists only when a perosn says one thing and means another. Dramatic irony exsists when the reader knows something that a character doesnt know.

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FORESHADOWING

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an authors use of clues that hint at events that will occur later in the plot. often helps to build suspense as well as to prepare readers for what is to come.

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IMAGERY

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the word pics that writers use to help evoke an emotional response in readers.

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MOTIVATION

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factors within a character which arouse, maintain and channel behavior towards why a character does or says something.

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PROP

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theater slang for articles or objects used ina play or movie

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PUN

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a homorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on 2 deff words with the same sound

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SOLILOQUY

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a long speech delieverd by a character who is alone onstage

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SONNET

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a lyric poem of 14 lines, almost always written in iambic pentameter and usually following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme

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SYLLABLE

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one unit of spoken language consisting of one ore more vowels where each sound of a word can be separated

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COUPLET

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a pair of successive or lines in a row of verse/poetry, esp. a pair that rhymes that are of the same metrical length, and form a single unit

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METRICAL

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the rhythmic arrangements of syllables

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RHYME SCHEME

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the pattern that end rhymes form in a stanza or poem. the rhyme scheme is designated by the assignment of a differnt letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme

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ALLUSION

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a referance in a work of literature to a charcter, place, or situation, from another work of literature, music, or art, or from history.

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Tragedy

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a play in which a main character, called the tragic hero, suffers a downfall.

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PUN

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a homorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on 2 deff words with the same sound

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SOLILOQUY

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a long speech delieverd by a character who is alone onstage

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SONNET

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a lyric poem of 14 lines, almost always written in iambic pentameter and usually following strict patterns of stanza division and rhyme

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SYLLABLE

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one unit of spoken language consisting of one ore more vowels where each sound of a word can be separated

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COUPLET

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a pair of successive or lines in a row of verse/poetry, esp. a pair that rhymes that are of the same metrical length, and form a single unit

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METRICAL

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the rhythmic arrangements of syllables

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RHYME SCHEME

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the pattern that end rhymes form in a stanza or poem. the rhyme scheme is designated by the assignment of a differnt letter of the alphabet to each new rhyme

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ALLUSION

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a referance in a work of literature to a charcter, place, or situation, from another work of literature, music, or art, or from history.

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Tragedy

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a play in which a main character, called the tragic hero, suffers a downfall.