Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms Quiz

What is an implicit or explicit reference designed to call another text or historical incident to mind?

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

• Aside

• Blank Verse

Unrhymed iambic pentameter, Shakespeare’s most common meter, is called (a)   .

• Blank Verse
• Couplet
• Iambic Pentameter
• Prose

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• A situation where the audience knows something the characters do not.

• Comic Relief

• A situation where the outcome is different from what was expected.

• Situational Irony

• A play on words, often for humorous effect.

• Pun

• A humorous scene, speech, or incident in a serious drama to provide relief from intensity.

• Dramatic Irony

Two consecutive lines of verse with end rhyme, usually expressing a complete unit of thought, are called (a)   .

• Couplet
• Blank Verse
• Iambic Pentameter
• Motif

When characters in the text are unaware of situations the audience is privy to, it is called ______.

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Comic Relief

• Foil

A figure of speech in which one thing is equated with something else, often with more detail, is known as what?

• Metaphor

• Extended Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

A character who through contrast underscores the distinctive characteristics of another is called a (a)   .

• Foil
• Motif
• Oxymoron
• Pun

A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable, is known as what?

• Iambic Pentameter

• Blank Verse

• Couplet

• Prose

A dominant idea in a work of literature that becomes a pattern within a text is called a(n) ______.

• Motif

• Theme

• Symbol

• Allegory

A figure of speech that combines opposite qualities in close proximity is called a(n) ______.

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Irony

• Metaphor