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Romeo and Juliet. Literary Vocabulary. Simile :. makes a comparison between 2 unlike things using “like,” “as”, “resembles,” or “than” Example: “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boist’rus , and it pricks like thorn.” (Act I, Scene 4, Lines 25-26). Metaphor : . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Romeo and JulietLiterary Vocabulary
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makes a comparison between 2 unlike things using “like,” “as”, “resembles,” or “than”
Example: “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boist’rus, and it pricks like thorn.”(Act I, Scene 4, Lines 25-26)
Simile:
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refers to one thing as if it were another unlike thing without the use of “like,” “as,” “resembles,” or “than”
Example: “Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven…do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres.” (Act II, Scene 2, Lines 15-18)
Metaphor:
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clues or hints which cause the audience to expect a certain outcome in the future plot
Example: “My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” (Act II, Scene 2, Lines 77-78)
Foreshadowing:
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a nonhuman thing or quality is referred to as though it is human
Example: “I have night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes.” (Act II, Scene 2, Line 75)
Personification:
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a deliberate substitution of similarly-sounding words for a humorous effect
Pun:
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Pun:
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Pun:
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Pun:
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Pun:
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Pun:
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A twist in the expected response or action; saying one thing and meaning another
Irony:
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audience knows something the characters on stage do not know
Dramatic irony:
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a reference within a text to another text with which audience is expected to be familiar
Allusion:
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The protagonistUsually fails or dies because of a character flaw or twist of fate
Shows strength while accepting destiny
Tragic Hero:
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The force working against the protagonist
Not necessarily human (nature, society, etc.)
Antagonist:
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A character whose personality and attitude sharply contrast with those of another character
Highlights both characters’ traits
Foil:
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character speaks his/her private thoughts aloud in a lengthy speech
Soliloquy:
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A character’s remark to the audience or another character that others on stage do not hear
Reveals character’s private thoughts
Aside:
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A humorous scene/speech/moment intended to lighten the mood
Emphasizes seriousness of main act by contrast
Comic Relief:
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A type of meter (rhythm) that has five unstressed syllables, each followed by a stressed syllable (1o total syllables per line)
Iambic Pentameter
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A type of poetry made up of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
Resembles natural speech
Blank Verse: