| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds |
| complex | one independent and one dependent clause |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| chaste | pure; innocent |
| flat | character with one or two personality traits |
| dramatic irony | when audience knows something the character doesn't |
| compound-complex | atleast 2 independent clauses and one subordinate clause |
| allusion | reference to mythology, pop culture, art |
| Stratford upon Avon | Shakespeare's birthplace |
| rapier | slender sword |
| pun | play on words |
| personification | giving human qualities to a non-human |
| bier | structure for a coffin |
| round | character with many personality traits |
| Lord Montague | vowed to raise a statue of Juliet in pure gold |
| apothecary | a druggist |
| chorus | sings the prologue |
| oxymoron | 2 contradictory words or phrases |
| Friar John | character who failed to deliver a letter to Romeo |
| feign | to fake |
| portentous | threatening; pretentious |
| fester | to boil or rot |
| metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| hyperbole | extreme exaggeration |
| April 23, 1564 | Shakespeare's birthday |
| unsavory | unclean |
| augment | to increase |
| tragedy | something that ends unhappy |
| Globe | Theater where Shakespeare performed several of his plays |
| iambic pentamenter | stressed and unstressed syllables |
| soliloquy | long speech given by a character alone on stage |
| James | reigned after Elizabeth the 1st |
| dynamic | character that changes |
| foil | a character used to contrast with another character |
| active voice | "Romeo and Juliet is a wonderful play" |
| Benvolio | Romeo's cousin |
| ababcdcdefefgg | Rhyme scheme to shakespearean sonnet |
| appositive | noun or pronoun that renames another noun or pronoun |
| prostrate | to kneel or lie flat |
| Lady Capulet | vowed to poison Romeo out of revenge |
| shroud | a burial cloth |
| transgression | act of breaking a law or command |
| sepulcher | tomb |
| static | character that does not change |
| participle | a verbal that looks like a verb but serves as an adjective |
| distraught | to be upset |
| foreshadow | hints as to what will happen next |
| receptacle | a container |
| dexterity | skill |
| paramours | lovers |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| 3 | number of children Shakespeare had |
| amorous | loving |
| beguile | to trick |
| abate | to reduce, make less |
| dirge | funeral hymn |
| gerund | verbal that looks like a verb but serves as an noun |
| passive | "the space station is being lived in by aliens" |
| aside | spoken words of a character not supposed to be heard by others on stage |
| act | division of play |
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