Figurative Language
A figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
This is the main character of a story.
What is a protagonist?
The opening paragraph that usually contains a hook and thesis. Usually introduces the topic.
What is an introductory paragraph or Introduction?
The protagonists of Romeo and Juliet
The author of the Tell-Tale Heart
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
This figure of speech involves giving human traits to non-human objects or animals.
What is personification?
This is who/what opposes the main character
What is an Anatagonist?
The final paragraph that wraps up an essay
What is a conclusion?
The one who created the plan for Juliet to fake her death
Who is Friar Laurence?
A story about an older couple who received a magical monkey's paw that was all about being careful what you wish for
What is The Monkey's Paw?
This term describes a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
The stuff that happens in a story
What is plot?
An essay that is designed to convince the reader of something
What is a persuasive or argumentative essay?
The man that was trying to marry Juliet even though she was unwilling
Author of Romeo and Juliet
Who is William Shakespeare?
A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
What is an oxymoron?
This is the high point of the story
What is a climax?
An essay that is designed to explain or exposit something
What is an expositional essay?
The scene in Act 5 where Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead and kills himself, only to find out she had faked her death is an example of this
What is dramatic irony?
The term for false information that is unintentionally spread
Misinformation
Sarcasm
What is Verbal Irony?
When the audience/reader knows something that the characters don't
What is dramatic irony
The sentence that encapsulates the main idea of the entire paper, usually found at the end of the introduction
What is a Thesis?
The main source of conflict in Romeo and Juliet
What is the Capulet and Montague feud?
The universal message of a story
What is theme?