Romeo and Juliet Test Flashcards
Define Alliteration
Two or more stressed syllables of a word either with the same consonant sound or sound group
Define Anaphora
Repetition of a word (or words) at the beginning of two or more successive verses, or sentences
Define Apostrophe
Digression addressed to someone not present, or personified object or idea
Define Aside
Actor’s lines not supposed to be heard by another character, only audience can hear
Define Assonance
Partial Rhyme
Define Blank Verse
Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter
Define Comic Relief
An amusing scene introduced into a serious or tragic part, to provide relief from tension
Define Dramatic Irony
Irony understood by audience, but not the characters
Define Dramatic Monologue
Single character reveals himself/herself and the dramatic situation in poetic form
Define Flashback
Event of scene that took place before
Define Foreshadowing
to show or indicate beforehand
Define Hyperbole
Obvious exaggeration
Define imagery
the formation of mental images by a book or piece of literature
Define metaphor
term/phrase is applied to something to which is not literally acceptable
Define Pun
humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest different meaning, a play on words
Define Simile
Direct Comparison of 2 things
Define soliloquy
Talking to oneself in a drama
Give an example of alliteration
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
Give an example of anaphora
“It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be”
Give an example of apostrophe
“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon”.
Give an example of aside
Romeo speaks an aside in Act II, Scene ii of “Romeo and Juliet” when he is standing beneath the balcony where Juliet is speaking, unaware that anyone hears her
Give an example of assonance
“For men so old as we keep the peace”
Give an example of blank verse
Shakespeare’s plays
Give an example of comic relief
“If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking, and you beat down love” -Mercutio