Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary

a play dealing with tragic events (like a main character dying) and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character; makes the audience relate better

• tragic hero

• soliloquy

• tragic flaw

• tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable; makes the poetry seem more "sing songy"

• iambic pentameter

• blank verse

• rhymed verse

• pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

• foil

• aside

• simile

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy; teaches the audience what qualities are dangerous and what we should be cautious of

• tragic hero

• tragedy

• tragic flaw

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

a comparison without using like or as

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

unrhymed iambic pentameter; informal conversations among young characters and/ or people of lesser social status may happen in blank verse in Shakespeare

• blank verse

• rhymed verse

• pentameter

• verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

• alliteration

• dramatic irony

• oxymoron

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

a long speech presenting the words or thoughts of a single character TO AN AUDIENCE

• soliloquy

• aside

• chorus

• monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.7

the ordinary form of written language

• poetry

• verse

• writing

• prose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

extreme exaggeration

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• prose

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A