Romeo Test Flashcards
Simile
Comparison using like or as
Metaphor
Comparison without using like or as
Personification
Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
Situational Irony
Unexpected occurs
Dramatic Irony
When the audience knows something a character does not
Verbal irony
Saying one thing but meaning another
Motif
An object or idea that repeats itself
Foreshadowing
An event that leads up to a bigger event in a story
Rhetorical question
A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point rather then answer
Symbol
Significant item that stands for something
Tone
Attitude towards the audience that an author conveys
Mood
Atmosphere that evokes emotion
Setting
Time and place where a story takes place
Foil
A character who is opposite of another character in at least one way
Theme
Central topic a text creates
Soliloquy
A longer speech in which a character utters thoughts aloud
Dialogue
Conversation between two or more characters
Aside
A short remark spoken by one character to another ( or the audience) that other characters on stage are not supposed to hear
Pun
A play on words
Include words that sound the same but that have different meanings
Comic relief
Humor or humorous scene that appears immediately before or immediately after a serious scene or set of lines
Apostrophe
A figure of speech in which the speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object, or idea
Antithesis
Two words placed side by side of close by each other that are opposite
Oxymoron
Two placed side by side that seem to be contradictory
Exposition
Start of the story introduces readers to setting and or characters
Inciting incident
The point where the conflict of the story is revealed
Rising action
Events leading to the climax
Climax
Most exciting part in a story, point of no return
Falling action
Events after climax
Resolution
A solution to the problem is reached
Denouement
The ending
Static character
A character who undergoes little or no change
Dynamic character
Character who goes through change
Round character
Character we know a lot about
Flat character
Character we do not know a lot about
Allusion
A reference to another literary work or art
Footnote
Information written at the bottom of a text meant to guide the reader
