Fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter, with a regular rhyme scheme.
What is sonnet
100
Romeo's hints about his death when they are going to the party, "By some vile forfeit of untimely death" serve as this literary device.
What is foreshadowing
100
The Queen Mab speech
What is monologue
100
Contrast between expectation and reality
What is irony
100
The meter of the entire play.
What is iambic pentameter
200
A figure of speech that combines two contradictory elements
What is oxymoron
200
The words "wherefore", "thy", and "thou" because they are no longer in use.
What is archaic language
200
Friar Lawrence's speech about the healing and poisoning effects of plants.
What is soliloquy
200
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery
200
Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse
300
A play on multiple meanings of similarly sounding words
What is pun
300
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun..."
What is imagery
300
Part of the play in which setting, character and pre-existing conflicts are revealed
What is Exposition
300
Type of poetry in which the Prologue is written
What is sonnet
400
When an audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony
400
The fact that the audience knows that Romeo and Juliet are married, but Tybalt does not.
What is dramatic irony
400
A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
What is allusion
400
two consecutive lines that rhyme.
What are rhyming couplets
500
A character who is used as a contrast to another character
What is foil
500
When Mercutio labels Tybalt the "King of Cats", referring to a well-known character in a fable, he is using this literary device in order to clarify meaning to the audience.
What is allusion
500
Romeo's question to himself, "Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" as he witnesses Juliet's soliloquy on her balcony.
What is an aside
500
The use of clues that hint at events that will occur later in a plot.
What is foreshadowing
500
The number of beats in one line of iambic pentameter.