Romeo & Juliet Flashcards
Procure
Get; obtain
Vile
Worthless; cheap
Predominate
Having dominating influence over others
Sallow
Of a sickly pale, yellowish, complexion
Unwieldy
Awkward, clumsy
Waverer
One who changes or is unsteady
Pernicious
Causing great injury or ruin
Augmenting
Increasing; enlarging
Grievance
Injustice; complaint
Transgression
Wrongdoing; sin
Heretics
Those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church
Cunning
Cleverness; slyness
Blank verse
A term used to label poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Iamb
A two-syllable unit called a foot, in which the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.
Pentameter
Means there are five units in each line of poetry
Rhymed couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Aside
Words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone and not intended to be heard by the other characters
Foil
A character who sets off another character by contrast
Dramatic irony
A contrast between what the audience perceives and what a character does NOT know
Monologue
A long, uninterrupted speech presented in front of other characters
Pun
The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time
Soliloquy
A speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts out loud
Metaphor
A comparison made between two seemingly unloke objects, “The pillow was a cloud”
Simile
A comparison between two unlike objects using the words “like” or “as” in the comparison, “the pillow was like a marshmallow”
Personification
Giving hunan attributes to non-human objects “the wind sang its sad song”
Hyperbole
An exaggeration made for humor or emphasis, “i died when the boy i like finally talked to me”
Lamentable
Distressing; sad
Jove
Jove, also called Jupiter, was the king of the Roman gods
Venus
The goddess of love
