Romeo and Juliet Lit Terms

2. Placing side-by-sude two characters who are strikingly different in order to make both of their personalities stand out
3. Words spoken by a character in an undertone no intended to be heard by other characters on stage
4. A 14 line poem that rhymes
7. Irony Device whereby the audience understands more (something important) than a character in the play
10. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms are combined side by side
11. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme at the end of the poem
12. pentameter A line of poetry that contains 10 symbols, 5 stressed (every-other-one)
14. The use of hints or clues for events that will occur later in the plot
16. A chapter speaks aloud to himself

1. A figure of speech comparing one thing to another using "like" or,"as"
4. a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g., the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.
5. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
6. An reference to something well known, often indirect or incidental
8. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
9. comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
13. A long, uninterrupted speech spoken in the presence of others
15. A play on words; a double meaning