Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms

Question 1

shows the downfall or death of the tragic hero

Answer 1

tragedy

Question 2

mean chracter of a tragedy

Answer 2

tragic hero

Question 3

enemy of protagonist

Answer 3

antagonist

Question 4

a character who provides contrast to another character

Answer 4

foil

Question 5

a speech in which a character reveals private thoughts while others remain silent

Answer 5

soliloquy

Question 6

a large, uniterrepted speech recited to other characters

Answer 6

monologue

Question 7

a brief remark in which chracter expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than to the characters

Answer 7

aside

Question 8

the audience realizes the irony, but the characters do not

Answer 8

dramatic irony

Question 9

technique that is used to interrupt a serious part of literary work by introducing a humorous character or solution

Answer 9

comic relief

Question 10

poetry written by verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

Answer 10

blank verse

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

iambic pentameter

Question 12

a reference to a well known thing

Answer 12

allusion

Question 13

puns

Answer 13

a play on words involving a word with two or more different meanings or two words that sound alike but have different meanings