Romeo and Juliet Vocab/ Lit terms

Question 1

Adversary

Answer 1

Opponent

Question 2

Ambiguity

Answer 2

Statement/event in which the meaning is unclear

Question 3

Banishment

Answer 3

Exile

Question 4

Boisterous

Answer 4

Stormy; violent; rowdy

Question 5

Dexterity

Answer 5

Skill; cleverness

Question 6

Idolatry

Answer 6

Extreme devotion to a person/thing

Question 7

Lament

Answer 7

To grieve for

Question 8

Nuptial

Answer 8

Wedding

Question 9

Peruse

Answer 9

Look over

Question 10

Reconcile

Answer 10

To become friendly again

Question 11

Shroud

Answer 11

A burial cloth

Question 12

Allusion

Answer 12

A reference in a work of literature to a person/place/ or event in another work of literature

Question 13

Analogy

Answer 13

An extended comparison showing similarities between two things

Question 14

Antagonist

Answer 14

The opposing person/force

Question 15

Aside

Answer 15

Words spoken by a character that aren’t meant to be heard (a whisper)

Question 16

Blank verse

Answer 16

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 17

Characterization

Answer 17

The personality a character displays

How the author reveals that personality

Question 18

Climax

Answer 18

The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative

Question 19

Conflict

Answer 19

A struggle

between two opposing forces

Question 20

Couplet

Answer 20

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 21

Diction

Answer 21

A writer’s choice of words for clarity, effectiveness, and precision

Question 22

Dramatic irony

Answer 22

A contrast off what the audience perceives, and what the character does not know

Question 23

Dramatic structure

Answer 23

The structure of a play

Question 24

Epithet

Answer 24

A descriptive adjective/ phrase used to characterize someone/ something.

Question 25

Figurative language

Answer 25

Language not meant to be taken literally

Question 26

Foil

Answer 26

A character who sets of another character by contrast

Question 27

Foreshadowing

Answer 27

The use of hints in a narrative to suggest what action is to come

Question 28

Iambic meter

Answer 28

An unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable

Question 29

Iambic pentameter

Answer 29

Five verse feet with each foot an iamb

Question 30

Imagery

Answer 30

Language that appeals to the senses

Question 31

Irony

Answer 31

Literary technique that portrays differences between appearance and reality

Question 32

Metaphor

Answer 32

Comparison between two I like things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them

Question 33

Motivation

Answer 33

A reason that a character acts, thinks, feels, or behaves in a certain way

Question 34

Protagonist

Answer 34

The main character

Question 35

Pun

Answer 35

A humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time

Question 36

Repetition

Answer 36

The return of word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature

Question 37

Monologue

Answer 37

A long uninterrupted speech presented in front of other characters

Question 38

Oxymoron

Answer 38

A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

Question 39

Personification

Answer 39

A figure of speech in which a non-human object is given human characteristics

Question 40

Simile

Answer 40

A comparison of two things using like or as

Question 41

Situational irony

Answer 41

A contrast between what is expected and what really happens

Question 42

Soliloquy

Answer 42

A speech a character, by themself on stage, and expresses thoughts out loud

Question 43

Sonnet

Answer 43

A 14 lined poem

Question 44

Symbol

Answer 44

Any object/person/place/ action that stands for something larger than itself

Question 45

Suspense

Answer 45

The quality of work that creates tension or uncertainty in the reader/audience

Question 46

Theme

Answer 46

The central idea of a work of literature

Question 47

Verbal irony

Answer 47

A contrast between what is said and what is meant