ROMEO AND JULIETROMEO AND JULIET

ACT 2ACT 2

CUNNINGCUNNINGAdj-shrewd, Adj-shrewd, sneaky, craftysneaky, crafty

VILEVILEADJ-worthlessADJ-worthless

PREDOMINANTPREDOMINANTAdj- having a Adj- having a dominating influence dominating influence over othersover others

UNWIELDYUNWIELDYAdj-awkward or Adj-awkward or clumsyclumsy

LITERARY LITERARY TERMSTERMS

ANALOGYANALOGYExplaining the unfamiliar Explaining the unfamiliar

using the familiarusing the familiar

Like comparing a heart to a Like comparing a heart to a pumppump

IRONYIRONY

contrast between contrast between what is expected and what is expected and what actually exists what actually exists or happens or happens

DRAMATIC IRONYDRAMATIC IRONY -when the audience -when the audience knows something that one or more knows something that one or more characters don’tcharacters don’t

SITUATIONAL IRONYSITUATIONAL IRONY -when there is a -when there is a difference between what is expected to difference between what is expected to happen and what happenshappen and what happens

VERBAL IRONYVERBAL IRONY -occurs when the -occurs when the speaker means something totally speaker means something totally different (often the opposite) than different (often the opposite) than what he or she is saying  (sarcasm)what he or she is saying  (sarcasm)

MONOLOGUEMONOLOGUELong uninterrupted Long uninterrupted speeches where a speeches where a character reveals his or character reveals his or her personality her personality

OXYMORONOXYMORON

combines combines contradictory words contradictory words or ideas or ideas

PERSONIFICATIONPERSONIFICATION

Giving something not Giving something not human, human human, human qualitiesqualities

SOLILOQUYSOLILOQUY

a speech delivered a speech delivered by a character who is by a character who is alone on the stagealone on the stage.  . 

HYPERBOLEHYPERBOLE

An exaggerationAn exaggeration