Romeo and Juliet Terms

a figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory

• oxymoron

• forshadowing

• situational irony

• genre

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

character who sets off another character by contrast

• situational irony

• genre

• foil

• comic relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come

• foreshadowing

• genre

• conflict

• comic relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a contrast between what is expected and what really happens

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a contrast between what is said and what is meant

• comic relief

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the character or force that works against the protagonist; introduces the conflict

• comic reflief

• antagonist

• protagionist

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the main character in a play or story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• genre

• comic reflief

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a struggle

• conflict

• genre

• comic reflief

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a category or type of literature

• genre

• foreshadowing

• situational irony

• verbal irony

comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.

• verbal irony

• genre

• comic relief

• foreshadowing