Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary

2. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
4. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
8. two characters have opposite personalities, causing a specific trait to stand out
10. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
11. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable,
14. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
15. a pair of lines of metre in poetry, usually comprise two lines that rhyme and have the same metre.
16. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
18. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
20. rhymed on the terminal syllables of the verses
22. be a warning or indication of (a future event)
24. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
25. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.

1. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
3. an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem.
5. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
6. or one-sided love is love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such.
7. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.
9. a poem with no rhyme but does have iambic pentameter. This means it consists of lines of five feet, each foot being iambic, meaning two syllables long, one unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.
10. 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.
12. a type of poetic theme
13. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
17. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
19. to one side
21. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
23. 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.