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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Vocabulary Words
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4mins
Personality trait of a main character that leads to his/her downfall
foil
aside
tragedy
tragic flaw
A reference in one literary work to another (character, painting, event, etc. )
irony
allusion
euphemism
oxymoron
Type of drama that depicts trouble and sorrow in hero's life which usually includes death and destruction
aside
irony
tragedy
tragic flaw
A short speech heard by the audience but not the other characters in the play.
aside
allusion
irony
foil
A character in a play who sets off another character by comparison (usually opposite)
monologue
protagonist
heroic couplet
foil
The result of situation or words is reverse of what is expected
irony
tragedy
foil
aside
A composition, or written, by one speaker
dialogue
monologue
soliloquy
foil
Common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet of accents
tragic flaw
heroic couplet
sonnet
iambic pentameter
In drama, a conversation between characters
monologue
soliloquy
dialogue
irony
In drama when a character is alone and speaks his/her thoughts aloud
monologue
solioquy
foil
dialogue
Iambic pentameter lines rhymed in pairs
heroic couplet
tragic flaw
monologue
soliloquy
A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
free verse
blank verse
tragedy
sonnet
An exaggeration for emphasis or effect
alliteration
oxymoron
enjambment
hyperbole
Two words next to each other that have opposite or contradictory meaning
allusion
assonance
alliteration
oxymoron
When an object or animal is given human characteristics
euphemism
hyperbole
denouement
personification
