Vocabulary from Romeo and Juliet

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a dramatic work that presents the downfall of a character, often due to fate, a tragic flaw, or both.

• tragedy

• comedy

• farce

• melodrama

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

A _______ is a character who contrasts with another character to highlight particular qualities.

• foil

• protagonist

• antagonist

• stock character

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a long speech delivered by a character alone on stage, revealing their inner thoughts.

• Soliloquy

• Dialogue

• Narration

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a long speech by one character addressed to other characters on stage.

• monologue

• dialogue

• speech

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Fill in the blank: An _______ is a short remark spoken by a character, intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters.

• aside

• monologue

• soliloquy

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Fill in the blank: _______ is a situation in which the audience knows something that the characters do not.

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Cosmic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Fill in the blank: _______ is a rhythmic pattern of five feet (pairs) of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry.

• Iambic Pentameter

• Trochaic Tetrameter

• Anapestic Dimeter

• Dactylic Hexameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, often used by Shakespeare.

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a play on words that have similar sounds but different meanings, often used for humor.

• pun

• joke

• riddle

• anagram

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3B

An _______ is a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms (e.g., "loving hate").

• oxymoron

• paradox

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A