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ROMEO AND JULIET IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF POETRY
What is Shakespearean sonnet
100
a play on multiple meanings of words, or two words that sound alike but have different meanings
What is A pun
100
literary technique that portrays differences in appearance and reality
What is irony
100
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
What is a blank verse
100
a failing of character in the hero of a tragedy that brings about his downfall
What is tragic flaw
200
A rhyme pattern that goes like abab cdcd efef
What is a cuplet
200
the central idea of a literary work
What is theme
200
the outcome of events is opposite of what is expected
What is situational irony
200
a play, novel, or other narrative depicting serious events in which the main character comes to an unhappy ending
What is tragedy
200
a metaphor in which a non-human thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
What is personification
300
"Jim Bob has felt that something bad will happen if he goes on the plane to Arizona"
What is foreshadowing
300
a contrast between what the audience perceives and what the character does not know
What is dramatic irony
300
a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has a set rhyme pattern
What is sonnet
300
a story that is written to be acted out in front of an audience
What is drama
300
an extended speech given by one speaker
What is momlogue
400
A character that is used to contrast another character
What is a foil character
400
a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat
What is tragic hero
400
noun: oxymoron; plural noun: oxymorons a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
What is oxymoron
400
an unusually long speech in which a character on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts
What is siloquy
400
a reference made to a statement, person, place, event., or thing well known from literature, history, religion, pop culture , etc.
What is classic allusion
500
"As long as I know you love me, I don't care if I'm caught here. I'd rather die knowing you love me than go on living with out your love"
What is archaic language
500
a descriptive word or phrase to characterize someone or something
What is epithet
500
a line of poetry that contains 5 iambs(units which consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, as in the word, arise)
What is iambic pentameter
500
words that imply the opposite of what is said
What is verbal irony
500
a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
What is greek chorus
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