Romeo and Juliet Vocab

2. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
3. an event causing great suffering
4. a character who may be similar or in parallel circumstances compared to the main character of the story
5. verse without rhyme especially that which uses iambic pentameter
9. an act of speaking ones thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers especially by a characters plays
10. a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person
12. the subject of a talk a piece of writing, a persons thoughts, or an exhibition
13. between two or more people as in a book or play or movie
15. is self suffering and has given himself up to the power of his love
16. two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme that form a unit
18. be a warning or indicated of a future event
21. a serious disagreement or argument typically a protracted one
22. a feeling that is not returned
24. when a poem lines end with words that sound the same
25. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme scheme

1. is something that is grasped by the audience by not by the characters
6. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of the poem or verse
7. a figure of speech involving the compromise of one thing with another thing in a different way
8. a figure of speech in which a word or phase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
11. a line of verse with five metrical feet each consisting of one short syllable (unstressed) followed by one long syllable (stress)
14. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
17. an event or action that leads to another event or situation
19. to one side out of the way
20. a fanciful expression in writing or speech an elaborate metaphor
23. a joke exploiting the difference possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are other words that sound alike but have different meanings