Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Poetry
Romeo & Juliet
Misc.
100
sent out of a country or area; banished
What is expatriated?
100
an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event
What is an allusion?
100
the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. A,B,AA,B
What is Rhyme scheme?
100
The Capulets & The Montagues
Who are the fueding familys?
100
Dramatic structure is the structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film.
what is the rising action?
200
lack of quality or excellence
What is mediocrity
200
techniques writers use to enhance their arguments and communicate
What is Rhetorical devices?
200
this poet is famous poems such as The Raven, A Dream within A Dream, and the valentine
Who is Edger Allan Poe?
200
The Capulets wanted Juliet to marry...
Who is Count Paris?
200
A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
What is an exposition?
300
to serve as an oman of; to signify
What is portend?
300
an attitude or a feeling associated with a word, in contrast to the word's donotation
What is connotation?
300
the gardener came running, an old man, out of breath. fear has given him legs. death grinned, and his eyes lit up with pale glow of those lanterns
What is an incident in a rose garden?
300
Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona in the 1300s
When is the setting?
300
A poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character
What is Dramatic Monologue?
400
looking back into the past
What is retrospective?
400
a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth
What is a paradox?
400
The principles and ideals of beauty, minimised by the use of emotional restraint, that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art and literature
What is Classicism?
400
Romeo kills Tybelt
What is the climax?
400
An epic hero is an important figure from a history or legend
What is an Epic Hero?
500
extremely slight; barley noticeable
What is imperceptible?
500
a form of japanese poetry in which 17 syllables are a arranged in three lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables
What is haiku?
500
this famous poet wrote 29 books, 4 plays, and wrote 105 poems all together
who is robert frost?
500
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers,
What is a soliloquy?
500
A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject
What is an ode?