Literary Terms
The central struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
What is point of view?
Held motionless with attention; captivated.
What is transfixed?
A wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes. It acts to change the direction of a force applied to the cord and is chiefly used to raise heavy weights
What is a pulley?
This tragic hero believed he had noble intentions, but just wanted to fight everyone.
Who is Tybalt?
Vivid, descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
Another word for glasses.
What are spectacles
a reinforced slit or loop in fabric for a button to pass through, securing clothing
What is a buttonhole?
This tragic hero embodies wit and challenges romantic ideals, but his fiery pride and loyalty causes him to wish plague on both houses.
Who is Mercutio?
The process authors use to create and reveal a character's personality, traits, and motivations.
What is characterization?
Using an object, person, or idea to represent something else.
What is symbolism?
The the person who conducts an auction.
What is an auctioneer?
To cover something in tar for waterproofing.
What is tarred?
This tragic hero had a lot of good ideas, but was thwarted by a power bigger than mere mortals.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
This is is the author's attitude towards the subject (e.g., sarcastic, joyful, serious), conveyed through word choice and style.
What is tone?
The feeling or atmosphere created for the reader.
What is mood?
Decorated with needlework.
What is embroidered?
The initial, upfront cash (or trade-in value) you pay towards a large purchase
What is the down payment?
This tragic hero was honorable to all who knows him, a dashing soul that women swoon over, an obsessed man in love, that was unaware of a whole plot line happening behind him.
Who is Paris?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is inference?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is metaphor?
A ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practiced in Japan by samurai as an honorable alternative to disgrace or execution
What is Hara-kiri?
The four things that are included in the first sentence.
What is title, author, genre, and stance.
This tragic hero has markers for being a serial killer that tells his victims he loves them, before they fall to his bad luck.
Who is Romeo?