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Romeo And Juliet Vocab
Vocab for Quiz on 1/22/10
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English
9th Grade
01/21/2010

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Allusion
Definition
a passing or casual reference
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Aside
Definition
Stops and Talks to you
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Blank Verse
Definition
unrhymed verse
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Chorus
Definition
a group of people who serve mainly as commentators on the characters and events
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Hints of Future things to come later
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Groundling
Definition
Poor folk in the crowd
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Iambic Pentameter
Definition
A metrical pattern in poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line
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Dramatical Irony
Definition
Reveal a reality different from what appears to be true.
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Monologue
Definition
A literary composition in the form of a soliloquy
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Oxymoron
Definition
A condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together
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Paradox
Definition
Appears to be contradictory but then, on closer inspection, turns out to make sense
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Hyperbole
Definition
A boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without in-tending to be literally true
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Soliloquy
Definition
Speaking to themselves
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Sonnet
Definition
A fixed form of lyric poetry that consists of fourteen lines, usually written in iambic pentameter
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Tragedy
Definition
When the hero dies
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Couplet
Definition
Two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter
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Metaphor vs Similie
Definition

Metaphor (No Like,As)

Similie (Like,as)

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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words
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Assonance
Definition
The repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same,
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Catalyst
Definition
A person or thing that precipitates an event or change
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Foil
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  A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast
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Parallel
Definition
A similarity of situations within or between literary works
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Pun
Definition
A Play on Words
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