Literary Devices
Character intended to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast only.
What is foil?
Greek word for "life"
What is "bio"?
Act or instance of expressing grief or sorrow
Who said, "Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers; tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet."
Who is "Romeo"?
Thought that by marrying the young couple, he could help end the feud that had continued for too long.
Who is "Friar Laurence"?
Hints at coming events; builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
What is foreshadowing?
Greek word or "fear"
What is "phob"?
Kind, compassionate, and lenient treatment of someone over whom one has power.
What is "mercy"?
Who said, "My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me that I must love a loathed enemy.'
Who is "Juliet"?
Who said, "Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender of my child's love. I think she will be ruled in all respects by me; nay more. I doubt it not."
Who is "Lord Capulet"?
Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
What is allusion?
Greek word or "water"?
What is "hydra"?
Attitude the writer takes toward the character, the situation, or even the reader?
What is "tone"?
Who said, "Even or odd, of all days in the year, Come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen."
Who is "Nurse"?
Who said, "Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, profaners of this neighbor-stained steel - will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts... on pain of death, all men depart."
Who was "Prince Escalus"?
A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story; key element in fiction and drama.
What is suspense?
Latin word for "sea"
What is "mar"?
False statement intended to injure someone's reputation.
What is "slander"?
Who said, "Thy fault our law calls death; but the kind prince taking thy part, hath brushed aside the law, and turned that black word death to banishment."
Who is "Friar Laurence"?
Who delivered a soliloquy about Queen Mab and dreams, which are the children of an idle brain."
Who was "Mercutio"?
The occurrence of repeated sounds at the end of words?
What is rhyme?
Greek word for study
What form of figurative language is brawling love?
What is "oxymoron"?
Who said, "On Thursday early will I rouse ye. Till then, adieu, and keep this holy kiss."
Who is "Paris"?
Who first recognized Romeo at the party?