Romeo and Juliet: Literary Terms/Devices/Techniques

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A play with serious actions, ending unhappily

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Tragedy

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Poetry with 10 syllables per line, alternating unstressed and stressed

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Iambic pentameter

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14 lines of rhymed poetry in iambic meter

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Sonnet

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Expression combining contradictory ideas

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Oxymoron

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Main character in a tragedy

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Tragic hero

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Character trait causing sad ending

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Tragic flaw

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One character speaks multiple lines on stage

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Monologue

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Audience knows something character does not

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Dramatic Irony

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Lines spoken to the audience, unheard by other actors

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Reference to another work or event

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Allusion