Romeo and Juliet Play Words

story that is written to be acted for an audience

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Blank Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

play that depicts serious and important events in which the main character comes to an unhappy end

• Tragedy
• Dramatic Irony
• Hamartia (tragic flaw)

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

A well-respected/ noble character with a fatal flaw which will lead to that character's downfall and suffering.

• Tragic Hero
• Blank Verse
• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

A trait that leads to the downfall of a character

• Hamartia (tragic flaw)
• iambic pentameter
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A humorous scene or speech that relieves the overall dramatic tension

• Comic Relief
• Stage Directions
• iambic pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

When the reader or viewer knows something the character does not know

• Dramatic Irony
• Pun
• Prologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The use of hints or clues to predict that something will happen

• Foreshadowing
• Hamartia (tragic flaw)
• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work; this character emphasizes the traits of the other character

• Dramatic foil
• Monologue
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

• Stage Directions
• Tragic Hero
• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

a speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts out loud to the audience

• Soliloquy
• Hyperbole
• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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