Romeo & Juliet Prologue

Front

Two back-to-back lines of poetry that rhyme

Back

couplet

Front

Play on words

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Pun

Front

Long speech expressing innermost thoughts

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soliloquy

Front

Remark heard by audience, not other characters

Back

Aside

Front

Lengthy speech by one character in a play

Back

Monologue

Front

Opposite words used together

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Oxymoron

Front

First act of Shakespeare’s plays opens with:

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Prologue

Front

Device demonstrated: "The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend."

Back

Couplet

Front

Device demonstrated: “A damned saint…”; “honourable villain”; “Loving hate…”

Back

Oxymoron

Front

Device demonstrated: 'They fought like cats and dogs.'

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Simile