Romeo & Juliet - Act 2 vocab

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Analogy

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Comparison between two things for explanation or clarification

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Woe

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Grief or misery

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Dramatic Irony

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Audience knows more than characters

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Chide

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Scold

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Allusion

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Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

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Oxymoron

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Contradictory terms in speech

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Commend

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To present as worthy

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Knave

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Dishonest or unscrupulous man

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Mar

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make imperfect

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Imagery

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Descriptive language appealing to senses