Romeo and Juliet Pre-Vocabulary

Which is the correct definition of allusion?

• A hint at something and expect the other person to understand what is being reference.

• A magician performing a trick.

• Going to Starbucks

• Yelling at someone or something to understand what is being referenced.

An aside is when a character turns towards the audience to say something that the other characters cannot hear on stage. Your job is to use the drawing tools to draw this definition. Use the image provided to help you come up with an idea. Remember, stick figures are allowed.

Answer explanation

Draw two figures on stage sharing a conversion. What you are drawing is called an aside. During a play, a character addresses the audience directly for a moment to either express a truth, reveal a feeling, or comment on the events of the story

Answer explanation

An oxymoron is a phrase made of ​ (a)   words that actually have opposite meanings.

• two or more
• three or more
• four or more

What is Blank Verse?

• The order you give at Starbucks.

• Rhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter (each line has five syllables)

• Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter (each line has five syllables)

• The grocery list you follow.

What is the definition of a character foil?

• The type of foil you wrap food in to put away

• someone who is the exact same as the main character, the protagonist

• When your Starbucks order is wrong and you curse "foiled again!"

• someone who contrasts the traits and actions of another character, often the protagonist.

What does compression mean in literature?

• Author compresses focus on one character instead of many

• Author compresses time it takes for characters to travel

• Author compresses food that the characters eat

• Author compresses the Starbuck's order to get it just right

Draw the definition of "Dramatic Irony" using the definition that you just learned from the vocabulary assignment.

Answer explanation

The gentlemen here does not see the piano above his head. The Dramatic Irony is that the viewing audience knows something that the people on stage do not.

What does end stop mean in literature?

• When the barista at Starbucks yells your order back to you.

• A grammatical break—such as a dash or closing parenthesis—or with punctuation such as a colon, a semicolon, or a period.

• A grammatical error—such as a dash or closing parenthesis—or with punctuation such as a colon, a semicolon, or a period.

• A place to put misspelled words.

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An example of enjambment

• A grammatical term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.

• A spelling term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.

• A poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.

• A mandatory term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next.

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