Romeo and Juliet
Literary Devices
Writing
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More literary Terms
100

The protagonist who is ruled by his emotions and falls in love very easily.

Who is Romeo?

100

This device uses two seemingly opposite words to create a phrase with a new meaning.

What is an oxymoron?

100

In a CHUNK paragraph, this is the statement that cannot be argued with.  It is a fact.

What is the concrete detail?

100

The step in plot development where the writer tells the reader when and where the story takes place and who the main characters are.

What is the exposition?
100

The character who works against the protagonist.

Who is the antagonist?

200

He is always ready for a fight and will never back down.

Who is Tybalt

200

Poets and other writers uses these to compare two unlike objects using like or as.

What is a simile

200

In a CHUNK paragraph, you should have at least two of these for every CD.

What are commentaries?

200

The part of a story that has the highest amount of interest for the readers.

What is the Climax?

200
The audience or reader knows things that the characters do not know.

What is dramatic irony.

300

Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

What does Juliet says when lamenting that Romeo is a Montague? 

300

An allusion

What is it called when writers reference other literature, history, mythology, or the Bible in their work?

300

This sentence(s) must grab the readers' interest and encourage them to want to read your essay.

What is the HOOK?

300

Man against man, man against nature, man against technology, man against society.  One is missing.

What is man against himself?

300

The author's attitude when writing the story.

What is tone?

400

Poison

What does Juliet take to fake her death or How does Romeo kill himself?

400

Giving human charteristics to an something that is not human.

What is a personification?

400

This sentence is the first sentence of a CHUNK paragraph and can be argued with.  It tells the reader what the paragraph is about.

What is the topic sentence?

400

Hints about events that will happen later in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

400

How the reader feels after reading the story.

What is mood?

500

Don't take arguments and hatreds too far or some people will get hurt

What is one theme or Romeo and Julielt?

500

Comparing unlike objects but not using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

500

This sentence is in the first paragraph of your essay and tells the reader what your essay will be about.  It states your thought about a subject and may be argued with.  Your essay's job is to prove this point.

What is a Thesis Statement?

500

The steps include:  Exposition, Inciting Moment, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.

What is plot development?

500

The message or moral of a story.

What is a theme?