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  1. 4. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
  2. 7. 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.
  3. 11. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
  4. 12. In fact, at the beginning of the play, his character is made to resemble a typical "Petrarchan lover," which had become a cliché by the time Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet (around 1595). Petrarch was a fourteenth-century Italian poet whose sonnets were all the rage in Renaissance England.
  5. 14. a group of performers who comment on the main action, typically speaking and moving together.
  6. 15. conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
  7. 16. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
  8. 17. Unrequited love or one-sided love is love that is not openly reciprocated or understood as such by the beloved. The beloved may not be aware of the admirer's deep and strong romantic affection or consciously reject it. The Merriam Webster Online Dictionary defines unrequited as "not reciprocated or returned in kind."
  9. 19. Monologue 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.
  10. 20. a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.
  11. 21. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
  12. 23. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
  13. 24. be a warning or indication of (a future event).
  14. 25. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
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  1. 1. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
  2. 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.
  3. 3. 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.
  4. 5. an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe.
  5. 6. verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
  6. 8. a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work.
  7. 9. two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
  8. 10. excessive pride in oneself.
  9. 13. End rhyme is defined as when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same. An example of end rhyme is the poem, Star Light, Star Bright.
  10. 18. In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
  11. 22. a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
  12. 25. 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