Romeo Juliet Vocabulary Words

Front 1

act

Back 1

anything done, being done, or to be done
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I acted as if i was innocent

Front 2

blank verse

Back 2

unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse.
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A blank verse is most used in english plays

Front 3

catharsis

Back 3

the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
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Catharsis is the purging of emotions.

Front 4

cinquain

Back 4

a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.
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A cinquain can be used in a poem.

Front 5

couplet

Back 5

a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
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Couplet lines rhyme with each other.

Front 6

forshadowing

Back 6

to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure
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The punishment foreshadowed his action.

Front 7

Iambic Pentameter

Back 7

French iambique 'of a foot or verse' and Greek pentameter 'measure of five'
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An Iambic Pentameter is a french verse.

Front 8

Irony

Back 8

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
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Her Irony made me laugh.

Front 9

lyric poetry

Back 9

a type of emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry
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Lyric Poetry is a poem that is song like.

Front 10

Malapropism

Back 10

an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
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Teachers rarely have a malapropism

Front 11

monologue

Back 11

a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker
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A drama is a monologue.