Final Exam Literary Terms - Romeo & Juliet

Question 1

Definition of Tragic Hero

Answer 1

The protagonist of a tragedy who is brought to a tragic end through both fate & flaw

Ex: Romeo & Juliet

Question 2

Definition of Tragic Flaw

Answer 2

A personality flaw or NEGATIVE TENDENCY in a tragic hero that leads to their demise.

Example:
Romeo - Impulsive
Juliet - Young

Question 3

Definition of Meter

Answer 3

A rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

Question 4

Definition of Foot

Answer 4

Words that make up a meter (rhythmical pattern) with stressed & unstressed syllables.

Question 5

Definition of Iambic Pentameter (3)

Answer 5

1. A type of meter
2. Each line have five feet of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (10 syllables)
3. Known as a blank verse for its metrical form but no rhyme

Example:

U / U / U / U / U /
Two households, both alike in dignity

Question 6

Definition of Couplet (4)

Answer 6

1. A pair of lines
2. End Rhyme
3. Same Number of Syllables
4. Metrical Form

Example:

For never was a story of more woe
than this of Juliet and her Romeo

Question 7

Definition of Aside (4)

Answer 7

1. A short speech by a character in a play
2. Expresdsion of their true thoughts and feelings
3. Directed to the audience
4. Inaudible for other characters

Romeo’s first thought upon seeing Juliet for the first time: ‘

Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.

Question 8

Definition of Soliloquy (3)

Answer 8

1. A long speech by a character in a play
2. Alone on Stage
3. The character expresses thoughts and feelings about a particular subject

Question 9

Definition of Pun

Answer 9

A play on words that have a double meaning

Question 10

Definition of Dramatic Irony (2)

Answer 10

1. Type of Irony
2. Audience knows something that the character doesn’t

Question 11

Definition of Oxymoron

Answer 11

A contradiction of words placed next to each other

Ex: Bittersweet

Question 12

Definition of Understatement (3)

Answer 12

1. A type of sarcasm
2. Type of spoken irony
3. Speaker makes less of something than it truly is

Ex: After Mercutio’s wound, he exclaims, “A scratch, a scratch!”

Question 13

Definition of Free Verse (3)

Answer 13

Poetry lacking of
1. Rhyme
2. Rhythm (Meter)
3. Rhyme Scheme

Question 14

Definition of Sonnet (3)

Answer 14

1. Lyrical Poem
2. Fourteen Lines
   3. Iambic Pentameter

Question 15

Definition of Alliteration

Answer 15

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginnings of words