| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alliteration | From forth the loins of these two foes |
| allusion | Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word |
| apostrophe | Oh, Death, where is thy sting? |
| aside | Romeo: Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? |
| comic relief | Mercutio's funny Queen Mab speech between Romeo's declarations of love and the meeting of Romeo and Juliet. |
| conceit | What light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the East and Juliet is the sun!/ Arise fair sun and ...[and on and on] |
| dramatic irony | Romeo and Juliet don't know who they are speaking to, but we know they are from the feuding families. |
| foreshadow | I fear too early: for my mind misgives/ Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/ Shall...expire the term of a despised life... |
| hyperbole | Her eyes in heaven / Would through the airy region stream so bright/ That birds woud sing and think it were not night. |
| irony | Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!/ For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night. |
| metaphor | If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine...[meaning her hand] |
| oxymoron | Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health |
| paradox | Absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| personification | Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle... |
| pun | Mercutio: That dreamers often lie. Romeo: In bed asleep while they do dream things true. |
| simile | Thou art as glorious to this night...as is a winged messenger of heaven... |
| dramatic foil | Depressed Romeo interacting with lighthearted Mercutio |
| metonymy | And, to say truth, Verona [meaning the Prince] brags of him. |
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