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Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms
R&J Lit Terms
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English
9th Grade
05/12/2011

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hyperbole
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an exaggeration
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words that imitate sounds
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alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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oxymoron
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two words used together that contradict one another
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allusion
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a reference to a well-known person or literary work
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personification
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giving non-human subjects human characteristics
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metaphor
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a figure of speech where one thing is spoken of as though it were something else
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simile
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a figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison of two basically unlike things
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figurative language
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writing or speech where one thing is spoken of as though it were another
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tragedy
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a work of literature that results in a catastophe for the main character(s)
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drama
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a story written to be performed by actors
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foreshadowing
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the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
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aside
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a short speech expressing the thoughts of a character not intended to be heard by another character
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soliloquy
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a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
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blank verse
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unrhymed lines written in iambic pentameter (10-syllable lines)
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the "sighs" of the wind
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onomatopoeia
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"tempest-tossed" body
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alliteration
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the "gray-eyed" morning "smiles"
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personification
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she'll not be hit by "Cupid's" bow
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allusion
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for thy "eyes" which I may call the "sea"
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metaphor or personification
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my love is as boundless as the sea
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simile
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love is a smoke
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metaphor
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Juliet is supposed to meet Romeo at 9 o'clock in the morning and tells him that, "tis twenty years til then."
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hyperbole
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when Romeo pauses before he goes into the Capulet's party and feels as if something bad is going to happen
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foreshadowing
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putting a literary passage in your own words
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paraphrasing
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literary device wherein someone or something is addressed but no reply is expected
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apostrophe
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an extended metaphor
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conceit
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a play on words similar in sound but different in meaning
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pun
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What literary term is the following:
"Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here!"
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apostrophe
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What literary term is the whole passage below called? "For still thy eyes, which I may call the sea,
Do ebb and flow with tears; the bark thy body is,
Sailing in this salt flood; the winds, thy sighs;
Who, raging with thy tears, and they with them,
Without a sudden calm, will overset
Thy tempest-tossed body.”
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conceit
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What is the literary term? "You have dancing shoes.
With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead"
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pun
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