Romeo and Juliet Vocab 1

Conversation between two or more characters

• blank verse

• silioquoy

• dialogue

• monologue

A play on words: more than one meaning

• pun

• allusion

• dialogue

• soliloquy

A reference to the bible or previous work of literature

• Pun

• allusion

• soliloquy

• tragedy

Unrhymed poem

• monologue

• blank verse

• meter

• dialogue

A speech while alone

• soliloquoy

• dialogue

• irony

• aside

A contrast between appearance and reality

• pun

• tragedy

• irony

• personification

A play in which events turn out bad for the main characters

• pun

• tragedy

• dramatic irony

• personification

A lengthy speech to other characters

• soliloquy

• monologue

• aside

• dramatic irony

A rhymed pair of lines

• blank verse

• couplet

• irony

• dialogue

When a character speaks to the audience and not to the characters on the stage

• monologue

• Aside

• personification

• dramatic irony