Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary List 1

Front

Act in a play

Back

Unit of action

Front

Scene occurrence in a play

Back

When location or time changes

Front

Prologue in a play

Back

Introduction about story's background or lesson

Front

Definition of a sonnet

Back

14-line poem with varied rhyme scheme

Front

Couplet in a sonnet

Back

Two rhymed lines in a row

Front

Iambic Pentameter

Back

10 syllable lines, unstressed and stressed rhythm

Front

Blank verse

Back

Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

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Alliteration

Back

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Stanza

Back

Smaller unit within a poem

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Hyperbole

Back

Exaggeration of the truth for humor