WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Literary Terms
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
several lines spoken by one character alone on stage
sonnet
monologue
soliloquy
aside
two lines of poetry in a row that rhyme
duo rhyme
couplet
consecutive lines
iambic meter
an expression that combines contradictory ideas together
dramatic irony
tragedy
oxymoron
tragic flaw
poetry that's written in iambic meter but doesn't rhyme
poem
couplet
blank verse
sonnet
one character speaks multiple lines in a row to others on stage
monologue
sonnet
soliloquy
oxymoron
when the audience knows something a character on stage does not know
tragic flaw
drama
tragedy
dramatic irony
Which is written in iambic meter?
Instead of going to the store, I went to sleep today.
Always resting on the couch, I couldn't watch tv.
In the night I heard an angel sing.
Just the other day, I went to school with two lunches.
lines spoken to the audience as if other actors can't hear them
oxymoron
aside
exuent
run-on line
O heavy lightness, serious foolishness...feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire…”
pun
oxymoron
allusion
simile
"Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."
These are the first four lines of a ___________ in
the Prologue of Act 1.
soliloquy
monologue
pun
sonnet
When Romeo sees Juliet on her balcony, he’s talking to himself, but Juliet cannot hear him (only the audience can hear him), and he says, “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?.........”
allusion
sonnet
soliloquy
metaphor
When Mercutio is trying to convince Romeo to go to the party, Romeo replies, "Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead that hastens me to the ground." This is an example of _______________.
pun
monologue
foreshadowing
simile
Foil or NOT FOILS?
Foils
NOT foils
a descriptive word or phrase that comes before or after a character's name and describes a trait of the character
adage
foil
epithet
satire
