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| A play is divided into acts, which are then divided into scenes. There are five acts in Romeo and Juliet. |
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| Instructions for the actors that tell who enters and exits and that describe gestures, movements and voices. |
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| Comments on the action of the play; its role is like an announcer or narrator. |
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| An introduction that gives important background information; it can set the mood of the play. |
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A fourteen line poem with the rhyme scheme:
abab cdcd efef gg. |
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| The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggust two or more meanings at the same time. |
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| Two contradictory words brought together. Examples: jumbo shrimp, bittersweet. |
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| A reference to a person, place or event in another work of literature or in history, art or music. |
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| Clues provided for the reader that can be used to predict what might occur later on in the story. |
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| A comparison between two unlike things that uses like, as or than. |
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| A comparison between two unlike things that does not use like, as or than. |
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