romeo and juliet: dramatic and literary devices

monologue

• A speech usually long that is given by a character to an intended audience

• Where a character speaks to someone that is absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive, present, and able to reply

• Straightforward, ordinary speech that does not contain rhythm or meter

• A speech usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thought aloud to himself or herself

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

pun

• rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter

• a brief reference to a notable person, p lace, thing, event or idea in history, literature, or religion

• contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence

• a play of words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

apostrophe

• a brief speech, directed to the audience that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage

• a brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history literature, or relgion

• where a character speaks to someone that is absent or dead or soemthing nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive, presentm and able to reply

• a speech, usually, lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage expresses his or her thought aloud to himself or herself

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

inversion

• rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter

• contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence

• a unit of poetic verse consisting of two successive lines

• a play of words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

antithesis

• straightforward, ordinary speech does not contain rhythm or meter

• contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence

• the dramatic device where in a character speaks to someone that is absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive, present, and able to reply

• a poetic meter that contains four feet. each foot is made up of stressed/unstressed pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

prose

• a brief speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage

• speech, usually long, that is given by a character to an intended audience

• straightforward, ordinary speech does not contains rhythm or meter

• a brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or religion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

iambic pentameter

• a poetic meter that contains four feet. each foot is made up of stressed/unstressed pattern

• a unit of poetic verse consisting of two successive lines. this device uses the same meter and rhyme, and forms a complete thought

• a speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thought aloud to himself or herself

• a poetic meter that contains five feet. each foot is made of an unstressed/stressed pattern

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

trochaic tentrameter

• a poetic meter that contains four feet. each foot is made up of stressed/unstressed pattern

• a unit of poetic verse consisting of two successive lines. this device uses the same meter and rhyme, and forms a complete thought

• a poetic meter that contains five feet. each foot is made of an unstressed/stressed pattern

• rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

couplet

• straightforward, ordinary speech does not contains rhythm or meter

• a unit of poetic verse consisting of two successive lines. this device uses the same meter and rhyme, and forms a complete thought

• a speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thought aloud to himself or herself

• rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

soliloquy

• a speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thought aloud to himself or herself

• speech, usually long, that is given by a character to an intended audience

• straightforward, ordinary speech does not contains rhythm or meter

• the dramatic device where in a character speaks to someone that is absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alives, present, and able to reply

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10