Romeo & Juliet Terms

Provide the definition for the term: Iamb (Review from Poetry Unit):

• A metrical foot in poetry consisting of two stressed syllables.

• A metrical foot in poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

• A metrical foot in poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

• A type of rhyme scheme used in sonnets.

Provide the definition for the term: Iambic Pentameter (Review from Poetry Unit):

• A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

• A poem with three lines, each having five syllables.

• A stanza consisting of four lines with alternating rhyme.

• A line of verse with six metrical feet, each foot being a dactyl.

Provide the definition for the term: Blank verse (Review from Poetry Unit):

• A poem composed entirely of couplets.

• A poem with a fixed rhyme scheme.

• A poem written in free verse.

• Unrhymed iambic pentameter.

Provide the definition for the term: Prose (Review from Poetry Unit):

• Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

• A form of writing that uses rhyme and meter.

• A type of literature that is always fictional.

• A style of writing that only uses dialogue.

Provide the definition for the term: Soliloquy:

• A brief remark by a character intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters.

• A conversation between two or more characters on stage.

• A speech in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, usually alone on stage, revealing inner feelings to the audience.

• A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero.

Provide the definition for the term: Allusion:

• An indirect reference to another literary work, person, or event.

• A direct statement of a character's thoughts.

• A detailed description of a setting.

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

Provide the definition for the term: Foil:

• A character who contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, to highlight particular qualities of the other character.

• A literary device used to hint at future events in a story.

• A type of irony where the audience knows something the characters do not.

• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

Provide the definition for the term: Pun:

• A type of poem that tells a story.

• A play on words that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect.

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A statement that contradicts itself but might be true.

Provide the definition for the term: Aside:

• A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters.

• A stage direction indicating a character should exit the stage.

• A type of monologue delivered to another character.

• A summary of the play's plot given at the beginning.

Provide the definition for the term: Oxymoron:

• A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• A statement that seems self-contradictory but reveals a truth.

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.