Romeo and Juiliet Vocab Act 2

Front

Historical context

Back

Relation of a story to history

Front

Drama

Back

A story with a conflict

Front

Iambic Pentameter

Back

Rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables used by Shakespeare.

Front

Couplet

Back

Two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.

Front

Plot

Back

Beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Front

Onomatopoeia

Back

Word formation from a sound

Front

Aside

Back

Character speaks to audience only.

Front

Monologue

Back

A long speech from a character

Front

Soliloquy

Back

Character expresses thoughts aloud

Front

Mood in writing

Back

Feeling conveyed to the audience