Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms

several lines spoken by one character alone on stage

• sonnet

• monologue

• soliloquy

• aside

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

two lines of poetry in a row that rhyme

• duo rhyme

• couplet

• consecutive lines

• iambic meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

an expression that combines contradictory ideas together

• dramatic irony

• tragedy

• oxymoron

• tragic flaw

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

poetry that's written in iambic meter but doesn't rhyme

• poem

• couplet

• blank verse

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

one character speaks multiple lines in a row to others on stage

• monologue

• sonnet

• soliloquy

• oxymoron

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 audience knows something a character on stage does not know

• tragic flaw

• drama

• tragedy

• 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

Which is written in iambic meter?

• Instead of going to the store, I went to sleep today.

• Always resting on the couch, I couldn't watch tv.

• In the night I heard an angel sing.

• Just the other day, I went to school with two lunches.

lines spoken to the audience as if other actors can't hear them

• oxymoron

• aside

• exuent

• run-on line

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

O heavy lightness, serious foolishness...feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire…”

• pun

• oxymoron

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."

These are the first four lines of a ___________ in

the Prologue of Act 1.

• soliloquy

• monologue

• pun

• sonnet

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