Romeo And Juliet

2. Placing side-by-side two characters who are strikingly different in order to make both of their personalities stand out
3. irony Device whereby the audience understands more (something important) than a character in the play
6. A play on words; a double meaning
8. an implied or indirect reference to someone, place, event, or piece of literature
9. Structure The plot structure of a dramatic work: exposition, rising action, turning point, falling action and resolution.
11. character A character who changes as a result of his motives or situation
14. The explaining of background information
16. A long play is divided into these "chapters," each one covering a large block of action
17. Four lines that rhyme at every other line
18. A character speaks aloud to himself
19. Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme at the end of the poem

1. Verse A line of poetry written in un-rhyming iambic pentameter
2. The use of hints or clues for events that will occur later in the plot
4. A long, uninterrupted speech spoken in the presence of others
5. Pentameter A line of poetry that contains 10 syllables, 5 stressed(every-other-one)
6. At first a seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense statement and yet is perhaps true.
7. A 14 line poem that rhymes
10. Words spoken by a character in an undertone not intended to be heard by other characters on stage
12. language "out of date language"
13. The main character's final attempt to resolve the conflict
15. A character delivers a memorized, formal speech