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Litterary Terms.11-1

Romeo and Juliet litterary Terms, Ms. Harris's Class 2007

Vocab WordDeffinition.
Soliloquy a speech givin by a character that is ALONE ON STAGE. the speeker reveals there thoughts and feelings to the audience.
Aside speech directed to the audience or a single character
Foreshadow a hint at future events
Prologue introduction explaining the theme of the play
Rhyme Scheme a pattern of rhyme in a poem.
Rhymed Couplets a pair of rhyming lines
Iambic Pentameter a stressed and unstressed poem, 5 stressed and 5 unstressed per line
Blank Verse an unrymed Iambic Pentameter
Sonnet poem of 14 lines with a ryme scheme. the last two lines ryme
Paradox a seeming contradiction that makes sence
Oxymoron contridictary expression
Pun play on words
Metaphor comparison of 2 unlike things NOT using like or as.
Simile comparison or 2 unlike things USING the words like or as
Personification a comparison that gives human qualities to something inhuman
Foil a secondary character who contrasts with a major caracter but in doing so highlights the maine characters personality
Allusion refrance to a well known person, place, event or leterary work.
Comic relief use of humor to lighten the mood or seriouseness or tragic story
Alliteration repetition of initial consonent sound
Hyperbole extream exaggeration
Monologue speech made entierly by one person or character
Dramatic Irony when the audience knows something that the characters do not know
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