This is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. For example, cruel kindness.

This term means being married to two people at the same time.

A comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as. Juliet is the sun.

Latin word for leaf; a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves or four pages.

Exile; the punishment of being sent away from a country or place

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one; indite for invite

Impulsiveness or hastiness; action without thought

Words spoken by a character in a play that are heard by the audience but supposedly not by actors on the stage

To separate or segregate because of fear of contamination from a communicable disease

Excessively talkative such as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet

A speech or poem addressed to an audience by an actor at the end of a drama

A play on words; Mercutio says "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."

A speech or poem addressed to an audience by an actor at the beginning of a drama

The act of talking to oneself; a type of monologue