Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Xadie Smith

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  1. 4. A remark or passage by a character in a play that is not intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
  2. 5. A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character
  3. 8. Melodramatic, self-consciously suffering and has given up to the power of his mistress
  4. 10. A line of verse with five metrical feel, each consisting of one short (unstressed) syllable followed by one long (stressed) syllable
  5. 12. Make a joke exploiting different possible meanings of a word
  6. 13. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
  7. 15. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
  8. 16. Conversation between two or more people as feature of a book, play, or movie
  9. 17. Two characters have opposite personalities, causing a specific trait to stand out
  10. 19. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  11. 21. Love that is not openly reciprocated or understand as such by the beloved
  12. 23. A fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor
  13. 25. A separate introductory section of a literacy or musical work
  14. 26. The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
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  1. 1. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
  2. 2. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
  3. 3. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
  4. 6. Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter
  5. 7. A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events
  6. 9. When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same
  7. 11. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
  8. 14. Be a warning or indication of a future event
  9. 18. A prolonged armed struggle
  10. 20. An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
  11. 22. A group of performers who comment on the main action typically speaking and moving together
  12. 24. Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme that form a unit