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Romeo and Juliet poetry terms
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10th Grade
01/17/2013

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Rhyme: Definition
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Correspondance of sound between words of the endings of words, especially when these are used at the end of poetic lines.
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Rhyme: Example
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Mary had a litle lamb;
It's fleece was white as snow;
And everwhere that Mary went;
The lamb was sure to go.
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Rhyming couplet: Definition
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A coiplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. Usually consists oftwo lines that rhyme
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Rhyming Couplet: Example
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Shakespeares poetry/plays
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Aside: Definition
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A remark by a character in a play to intend to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters.
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Aside:Example
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"Sure I'll help you"
"(aside) by making you rest in peace"
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Blank Verse: Definition
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Verse without rhyme, especially that usesIambic Pentameter
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Blank Verse: Example
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I must not go where I ought to leave;
Or else forever lose myself in life
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Rythm: Definition
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A pattern of languages that creates a melodic or pleasing sound (like a song)
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Lambic Pentameter: Definition
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Ryhms created through attraction of short and long syllables. Ryhm is created through stress.
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lambic pentameter: example
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In fair verona where we lay our scene
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Sonnet: definition
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Consits of 14 lines following a strict line scheme, each line has to syllablys.
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Drama: definition
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Acting out a stories that may not be true
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Drama: example
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Death of a salesman
cats
Grease
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Bawdy Humour:definition
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Sexual jokes immature humour/body functions
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Dramatic irony: Definition
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when the audience knows something the acts do not
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Dramatic Irony: example
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whe the killer approaches unknowingly victim, but the audience sees;
Any misunderstanding where the audience is aware
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Pun: definition
Definition
joke-humour based on similar sounding or same words
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Metaphor: definition
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camparison between two unlike things
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metaphor: example
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I got nailed in the melon
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Similie: definition
Definition
comparison using like or as
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Similie: example
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you're cold like a stone
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Tragedy: definition
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A play dealking with tragic events having an unhappy ending, and one concering the down of the main character
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Tragedy: example
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God father
Titanic
Black swan
Scare face
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Comedy: Definition
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A stroy wehre the protagonist win, survive, uscceed, etc.
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Comedy: example
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Happy gilmore
Mr. Deeds
Billy madison
Despicable me
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Tragic flaw: definition
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The charcter flow of error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
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Tragic flaw: Example
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In hamlet- His proscratination
In Othello- his jealousy
In macbeth- his ambition
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Verse: Definition
Definition
writing arranged with metric ryhme typically haviong ryhme.
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Prose: definition
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written or spoken language in its ordinary form without metrical structure.
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paradox: definition
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two thing that are opposite to eahc other
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Paradox: example
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the ground was his roof
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Oxymoron: definition
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paradox of two side by side words
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oxymoron: example
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slow cheetah
really fake
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Personification: definition
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giving a non human thing human or person like qualities
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Personification: example
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the sun winked at me
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onomatopoeia: definition
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words that copy a sound
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onomatapoeia: example
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bang
crash
screech
drip
whisper
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Allusion: definition
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refering to someone or something not in the literature
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