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Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary Words

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Personality trait of a main character that leads to his/her downfall

a)

foil

b)

aside

c)

tragedy

d)

tragic flaw

2.

A reference in one literary work to another (character, painting, event, etc. )

a)

irony

b)

allusion

c)

euphemism

d)

oxymoron

3.

Type of drama that depicts trouble and sorrow in hero's life which usually includes death and destruction

a)

aside

b)

irony

c)

tragedy

d)

tragic flaw

4.

A short speech heard by the audience but not the other characters in the play.

a)

aside

b)

allusion

c)

irony

d)

foil

5.

A character in a play who sets off another character by comparison (usually opposite)

a)

monologue

b)

protagonist

c)

heroic couplet

d)

foil

6.

The result of situation or words is reverse of what is expected

a)

irony

b)

tragedy

c)

foil

d)

aside

7.

A composition, or written, by one speaker

a)

dialogue

b)

monologue

c)

soliloquy

d)

foil

8.

Common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet of accents

a)

tragic flaw

b)

heroic couplet

c)

sonnet

d)

iambic pentameter

9.

In drama, a conversation between characters

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

dialogue

d)

irony

10.

In drama when a character is alone and speaks his/her thoughts aloud

a)

monologue

b)

solioquy

c)

foil

d)

dialogue

11.

Iambic pentameter lines rhymed in pairs

a)

heroic couplet

b)

tragic flaw

c)

monologue

d)

soliloquy

12.

A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

a)

free verse

b)

blank verse

c)

tragedy

d)

sonnet

13.

An exaggeration for emphasis or effect

a)

alliteration

b)

oxymoron

c)

enjambment

d)

hyperbole

14.

Two words next to each other that have opposite or contradictory meaning

a)

allusion

b)

assonance

c)

alliteration

d)

oxymoron

15.

When an object or animal is given human characteristics

a)

euphemism

b)

hyperbole

c)

denouement

d)

personification