Romeo & Juliet - Act 2 vocab

What is an analogy?

• A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification
• A type of mathematical equation
• A type of computer software
• A type of plant

Woe

• Happiness

• Irritation

• Joy

• A term expressing grief or misery

Dramatic Irony

• A literary device where the audience knows more than the characters
• A type of irony where the outcome is opposite to what was expected
• A form of irony where the speaker says the opposite of what they mean
• A type of irony that is humorous in nature

Chide

• Scold
• Praise
• Ignore
• Congratulate

Allusion

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
• Giving human characteristics to non human things

• Comparison

Oxymoron

• A figure of speech using contradictory terms

• A type of chemical reaction
• A mathematical formula
• A type of plant

Commend

• To criticize
• To condemn
• To present as worthy

• To ignore

Knave

• A dishonest or unscrupulous man
• A type of bird
• A musical instrument
• A type of tree

Mar

• A planet

• make imperfect

• A country
• make perfect

Imagery

• A literary device that uses descriptive language to appeal to the senses
• A type of punctuation
• A genre of literature
• A form of poetry