Romeo and Juliet Vocab Flashcard

Front

A play with disastrous events for main characters

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Tragedy

Front

Long speech by a character

Back

Monologue

Front

Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry

Back

Couplet

Front

Introduction to a play

Back

Prologue

Front

Character speaks to audience, unheard by others

Back

Aside

Front

Speaking to an object as if it could respond

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Apostrophe

Front

Long speech by one character to audience

Back

Soliloquy

Front

Reference to something outside the story

Back

Allusion

Front

Conversation between characters on stage

Back

Dialogue

Front

Hints or clues indicating future events

Back

Foreshadowing