Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary (Cal)

3. rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry
7. medieval narrative poem typically describing the downfall of a great man
9. formation of word used to imitate a sound
11. pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are the same length
15. character's words or actions that are clear to the audience although unknown to the character
16. figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
18. melodramatic, and has given himself up to the power of his mistress
19. fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5 foot iambics
21. common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with 5 feet, each foot containing and unaccented syllable & and accented syllable
24. show or indicator beforehand
25. conversation between characters in novel, drama, etc.
26. subject of discourse or of artistic representation

1. group of actors or a single actor having a function similar to that of greek chorus as in Elizabethan drama
2. pattern used in poems, usually marked by letters
4. figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous seemingly self-contradictory effect
5. poem of a character in a drama that has the form if a monologue
6. character who contrast with another character their opposite
8. controversy or quarrel
10. fancy, purely decorative article
12. humorous use of a word so as to emphasize different meanings
13. poetic form in which a character, addressing a silent auditor at a big moment, reveals himself
14. when love is not returned
17. term applied to something to which it's not literally applicable in order to suggest resemblance
20. introductory scene, preceding first act of the play
22. unrhymed verse, especially iambic pentameter most frequently used in dramatic english
23. passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience