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Literary Terms
Literary Terms 2
Poetry
Romeo and Juliet
Miscellaneous
100
A hint provided by the author that proves true later in a literary work.
What is foreshadowing
100
An introduction found before a story that explains some of what goes on.
What is a prologue
100
A section of poetry/group of lines is known by this name
What is a stanza
100
Juliet's cousin, and the play's biggest trouble maker.
Who is Tybalt?
100
A sonnet contains 3 ________________ and one ______________ .
What is quatrains, couplet.
200
An author's attitude towards a text he or she is writing
What is tone
200
The last 1-2 sentences in an introduction, intended to tie the whole paper together.
What is a thesis statement
200
Aside from his plays, Shakespeare was famous for his________________, also known as "love poems."
What are sonnets
200
The specific genre of Romeo and Juliet:
What is a tragedy?
200
A _________________ compares two things using like or as, a _______________ complains two things without using like or as.
What is simile, metaphor
300
The way a text makes you feel
What is mood
300
A story with a sad ending
What is a tragedy
300
Sonnets are written in ____________________, which contains stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter.
300
We find out that Romeo and Juliet die in the___________
What is the prologue?
300
A sentence fragment is either missing a subject, a __________ , or fails to be a complete _______________.
What are verb, and complete thought?
400
The main message found in a story
What is theme
400
The time and place of a story
What is setting
400
Shakespeare's sonnets contain _______________ syllables per line.
What is ten
400
Capulet telling Tybalt that his temper would come back to bite him is an example of____________________.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Run-on sentences can be fixed by using periods, commas with coordinating _______________, and _______________.
What are coordinating conjunctions and semi-colons?
500
Exaggeration in literature
What is hyperbole
500
Stories told from the perspective of the person that experienced the events are ______________, stories told from the perspective of a narrator that wasn't there are ______________________, and stories that use the pronoun "you", as if the writer is talking to you personally are ________________. These are all examples of _________________
What is first person, third person, second person, point of view.
500
Sonnets contain_____________ lines total and the rhyme scheme is as follows:
What is 14....ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
500
In Shakespeare's day, Romeo and Juliet would be played in a place called the ________________________ , and ________________________ would play the roles of women.
Globe Theater, young men.
500
Write a sentence containing a subject, verb, an object, an indirect object, and a coordinating conjunction and label it correctly.
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