Romeo and Juliet Lit. Terms

A drama that depicts serious and important events that causes suffering and distress and an unhappy ending.

• allusion

• tragic hero

• comic relief

• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A character that has a major flaw - typically a personality trait - that leads to his/her downfall or death.

• tragedy

• pun

• tragic hero

• comic relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A humorous scene, incident, or speech that relieves the emotional intensity at hand.

• aside

• comic relief

• tragedy

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A brief reference to something outside the work that the reader or audience is expected to know.

• foil

• allusion

• aside

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character. (Highlights the traits of each character.)

• aside

• tragic hero

• oxymoron

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a character talks to him or herself by expressing thoughts aloud while alone on stage.

• soliloquy

• foil

• aside

• comic relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When a character speaks directly to the audience or another character without being overheard by other characters on stage.

• soliloquy

• oxymoron

• pun

• aside

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A play on the multiple meanings of a word, or a play on two words that sound alike but have different meanings.

• oxymoron

• foil

• pun

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When contradictory words appear next to each other.

• soliloquy

• oxymoron

• pun

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When the audience knows something that a character doesn't know

• foreshadowing

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• situational irony