Romeo and Juliet Flashcards
A decisive moment that is of max intensity or is a major turning point in the plot
Climax
A humorous speech or scene intended to lighten the mood
Serves to heighten the seriousness of the main action by contrast
Comic Relief
An extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. A ________ invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of comparison.
Conceit
A device which can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse.
Couplet
A situation understood by the audience but the characters are unaware.
Dramatic Irony
Words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
Figurative language
A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character.
Foil
A writer gives an advanced hint of what is to come later in the story.
Foreshadowing
To use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a away that it appeals to our physical senses.
Imagery
The use of words to mean something different than what they appear to mean.
Verbal Irony
Comparison not using like or as
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory words are placed in conjunction
Ex: Cruel kindness
Oxymoron
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristic to something nonhuman
Personification
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
Pun
Comparison using like or as
Simile
