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Romeo and Juliet Acts 4 and 5 Vocab
Romeo and Juliet Acts 4 and 5 Vocab w/ lit terms
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English
9th Grade
04/05/2014

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Pensive
Definition
Thinking deeply or seriously
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Vial
Definition
Small bottle containing medicine or other liquids
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Enjoined
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Orderly
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Wayward
Definition
Insistent upon having one's own way; Headstrong
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Dismal
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Causing gloom or misery
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Loathsome
Definition
Disgusting
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Pilgrimage
Definition
Long journey
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Remnants
Definition
Remaining persons or things
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Penury
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Extreme poverty
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Haughty
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Arrogant
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Sepulcher
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Tomb
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Ambiguities
Definition
Statements or events whose meanings are unclear
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Scourge
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Whip or other instrument for inflicting punishment
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-ward
Definition
In a direction
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-ambi-
Definition
Both
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Parallel Structure
Definition
The expression of similar ideas in similar grammatical forms
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
Contradiction between what a character thinks or says and what audience or reader knows to be true
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Tragedy
Definition
Drama in which the central character meets with disaster or great misfortune
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Iambic Pentameter
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Verse written in 5 "foot" lines where 5 pairs of syllables include an unstressed and a stressed syllable
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Blank Verse
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Unrhymed verse written in Iambic Pentameter. Important/Aristocratic characters speak in this while minor ones don't.
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-trans-
Definition
Through or across
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-inter-
Definition
Between or among
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hetero-
Definition
Different
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homo-
Definition
Same; One and the same; Like
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hyper-
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Over; Above; Beyond the ordinary
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hypo-
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Under; Beneath; Less than the ordinary
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-pod-
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Foot
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Soliloquy
Definition
Lengthy speech given alone on stage, expressing thoughts to the audience. Lets the audience in on the character's thoughts and feelings.
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Monologue
Definition
Lengthy speech given by 1 actor & addressed to other actors on stage (not the audience).
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Aside
Definition
Actor's brief remark to the audience "unheard" by the other actors. Lets the audience in on the character's thoughts and feelings.
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Pun
Definition
Humorous use of a word/phrase to emphasize/suggest a different meaning.
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-endo-
Definition
Within
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-exo-
Definition
Out of; Outside
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