Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary - Elizabeth Scott

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  1. 4. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true )
  2. 6. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle )
  3. 7. 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 (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox )
  4. 8. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
  5. 10. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe
  6. 13. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example; Two households, both alike in dignity
  7. 15. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
  8. 17. to one side; out of the way
  9. 18. a character who may be similar or in parallel circumstances compared to the main character of the story
  10. 19. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
  11. 22. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit
  12. 23. a serious disagreement or argument
  13. 24. verse without rhyme
  14. 25. comes at the end of the two successive lines
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  1. 1. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
  2. 2. excessive pride in oneself
  3. 3. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
  4. 5. one-sided love is love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such by the beloved
  5. 9. a long excerpt in a play, poem or story that reveals a character's thoughts and feelings
  6. 11. irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play
  7. 12. a melodramatic, self-consciously suffering man who has given himself up to the power of his mistress
  8. 14. be a warning or indication of (a future event)
  9. 16. a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie
  10. 20. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line
  11. 21. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic