Romeo & Juliet Literary Terms

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Monologue vs Soliloquy

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Monologue: heard by others; Soliloquy: not heard by others

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Character's inner thoughts and feelings

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soliloquy

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Definition: Remark heard by audience, not by characters

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Answer: Aside

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Speech by one character expressing thoughts

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Monologue

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A joke exploiting word meanings

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Pun

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Example of a pun

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Image representation

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Example of oxymoron

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oxymoron

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Example of paradox

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paradox

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Oscar Wilde's quote: 'I can resist anything but temptation'

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Example of paradox

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Definition: seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement

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Answer: paradox