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Poetry Terms
Vocabulary
Vocab Mab
Literary Terms
Literary Devices
100
A unified group of lines in poetry, usually marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
What is Stanza?
100
A wistful desire to return to a former time in one’s life.
What is Nostalgically?
100
A synonym for conjure in this context: I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes, By her high forehead and her scarlet lip…
What is summon, produce...
100
Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!...A damned saint, an honorable villain!
What is an Oxymoron?
100
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes...
What is Alliteration?
200
The message an author wants to leave with readers.
What is Theme?
200
. A person who shows eagerness and interest
What is a Zealot?
200
Synonym for peril: Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords!
What is Danger.
200
(Romeo speaking) Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
What is Aside?
200
An example of this is: “My love is like a red, red, rose.”
What is Simile?
300
The attitude the poem’s narrator takes toward a subject or character.
What is Tone?
300
To scold or punish.
What is Chastise?
300
Act IV, Fill in the blank: Juliet wept __________________________________ for Romeo’s banishment.
What is Immoderately?
300
It is the East, and Juliet is the Sun!
What is Metaphor?
300
The author’s specific word choice.
What is Diction?
400
Examples of this include: “hissed,” “crackle,” and “splash.”
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
Lacking proper respect or seriousness.
What is Flippant?
400
Act IV, Fill in the blank: Begging forgiveness, Juliet ________________________________________ herself before her father.
What is Prostrates?
400
For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night, Whiter than new snow on a raven’s back. Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow’d night.
What is Personification?
400
(Juliet speaking) I won't be satisfied until I see Romeo...dead.
What is Verbal Irony?
500
An object/action that means something more than its literal meaning.
What is Symbol?
500
A false or exaggerated representation of something.
What is Travesty?
500
Act IV, Fill in the blank: Lord and Lady Capulet _________________________________ all of the necessary items for the wedding.
What is Culled?
500
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon!
What is Apostrophe?
500
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows, Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
What is Foreshadowing?