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Who is the author and for what purpose does he write the work?What form of literature is Romeo and Juliet? Why is this form of literature effective for the author’s purpose?What are the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet?What is controversial or difficult for the modern reader in the story? Why are these difficult concepts for us?How does the author help us to understand what character qualities and personalities his characters have |
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Stanza |
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse |
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Verse |
writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme |
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Four types of general conflict in short story |
Man vs ____ 1. Self 2. Nature 3. Man 4. Society |
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Three things incuded in a setting |
Time place and atmosphere |
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Assonance |
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible |
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What does metaphor mean |
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
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What is irony |
Use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite from its literal meaning |
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5 elements of a short story |
Plot setting theme characters and conflict |
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Six ways characterization is revealed in short story |
1. Direct 2. Indirect 3. What a character does 4. What they think 5. What they say about them 6. How the story draws info from them |
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Simile |
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid |
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Onomatopoeia |
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
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Personification |
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
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Stanza |
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse |
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Hyperbole |
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally |
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Imagery |
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work |
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Alliteration |
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
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Who is the author and for what purpose does he write the work?What form of literature is Romeo and Juliet? Why is this form of literature effective for the author’s purpose?What are the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet?What is controversial or difficult for the modern reader in the story? Why are these difficult concepts for us?How does the author help us to understand what character qualities and personalities his characters have |
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Verse |
writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme |
