Romeo & Juliet Vocab.

Front 1

Tragedy

Back 1

a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious orsomber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flawof character or conflict with some overpowering force, as f-ate orsociety, to downfall or destruction.

Front 2

Couplet

Back 2

a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.

Front 3

Oxymoron

Back 3

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous,seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.

Front 4

Prologue

Back 4

an introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of a play.

Front 5

Aside

Back 5

on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction.

Front 6

Dramatic irony

Back 6

irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

Front 7

Stage Directions

Back 7

an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions,movements of performers, or production requirements.

Front 8

Dialogue

Back 8

conversation between two or more persons.

Front 9

Extended Metaphor

Back 9

a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work, especially a poem.

Front 10

Sonnet

Back 10

a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought,idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.

Front 11

Foreshadowing

Back 11

to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure.

Front 12

Motif

Back 12

a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic,or musical work.

Front 13

Iambic Pentameter

Back 13

a common meter in poetry consisting of an un-rhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable

Front 14

Comic Relief

Back 14

relief from tension caused by the introduction or occurrence of a comicelement, as by an amusing human foible.

Front 15

Pun

Back 15

the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.

Front 16

Blank verse

Back 16

unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse.

Front 17

Dramatic Foil

Back 17

a character who may be similar or in parallel circumstances compared to the main character of the story.

Front 18

Monologue

Back 18

a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, especially onedominating or monopolizing a conversation.