Romeo and Juliet Terms

a figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory

• oxymoron

• forshadowing

• situational irony

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

character who sets off another character by contrast

• situational irony

• genre

• foil

• comic relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come

• foreshadowing

• genre

• conflict

• comic relief

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

a contrast between what is expected and what really happens

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

a contrast between what is said and what is meant

• comic relief

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

the character or force that works against the protagonist; introduces the conflict

• comic reflief

• antagonist

• protagionist

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

the main character in a play or story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• genre

• comic reflief

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

a struggle

• conflict

• genre

• comic reflief

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

a category or type of literature

• genre

• foreshadowing

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.

• verbal irony

• genre

• comic relief

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3