Romeo And Juliet

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Tragedy

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Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing.

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Stage Directions

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an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

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Iambic Pentameter

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a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable

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Couplet

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two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit

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Dialogue

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conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

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Comic relief

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comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections

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Oxymoron

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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

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Extended metaphor

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when an author exploits a singlemetaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds throughout a poem or story.

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Pun

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a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

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Prologue

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a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work

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Sonnet

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a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes

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Blank verse

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verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

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Aside

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to one side; out of the way.

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Foreshadowing

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be a warning or indication of (a future event)

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Dramatic foil

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a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.

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Dramatic irony

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the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

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Motif

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a decorative design or pattern

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Monologue

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a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program