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| the use of words that imitate sounds |
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| the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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| two words used together that contradict one another |
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| a reference to a well-known person or literary work |
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| giving non-human subjects human characteristics |
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| a figure of speech where one thing is spoken of as though it were something else |
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| a figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison of two basically unlike things |
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| writing or speech where one thing is spoken of as though it were another |
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| a work of literature that results in a catastophe for the main character(s) |
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| a story written to be performed by actors |
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| the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur |
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| a short speech expressing the thoughts of a character not intended to be heard by another character |
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| a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage |
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| unrhymed lines written in iambic pentameter (10-syllable lines) |
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| the "gray-eyed" morning "smiles" |
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| she'll not be hit by "Cupid's" bow |
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| for thy "eyes" which I may call the "sea" |
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| metaphor or personification |
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| my love is as boundless as the sea |
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| Juliet is supposed to meet Romeo at 9 o'clock in the morning and tells him that, "tis twenty years til then." |
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| when Romeo pauses before he goes into the Capulet's party and feels as if something bad is going to happen |
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| putting a literary passage in your own words |
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| literary device wherein someone or something is addressed but no reply is expected |
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| a play on words similar in sound but different in meaning |
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What literary term is the following:
"Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here!" |
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What literary term is the whole passage below called? "For still thy eyes, which I may call the sea,
Do ebb and flow with tears; the bark thy body is,
Sailing in this salt flood; the winds, thy sighs;
Who, raging with thy tears, and they with them,
Without a sudden calm, will overset
Thy tempest-tossed body.” |
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What is the literary term? "You have dancing shoes.
With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead" |
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