| allusion (ex) | Tybalt’s name: Reynard the fox, the prince of cats |
| allusion (ex) | dian’s wit: the goddess that i sworn against men, the hunter |
| aside (ex) | when Romeo says “Is she a capulet” |
| aside (ex) | when Juliet says “amen” when speaking to the nurse |
| soliloquy (ex) | when Juliet is talking on her balcony and doesn’t know Romeo is listening |
| sonnet | the chorus speaking at the beginning of Act 1 |
| sonnet (ex) | the first time Romeo and Juliet speak to each other |
| allegory (ex) | animal farm |
| allegory (ex) | The lion the witch and the wardrobe |
| apostrophe (ex) | when juliet speaks to the rope ladder |
| apostrophe (ex) | when Friar Lawrence speaks to his plants |
| monologue (ex) | Mercutio speaking about Queen Mab |
| monologue (ex) | when Romeo speaks about Juliet in her backyard (But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun….) |
| blank verse | Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much. Which mannerly devotion shows in this. |
| dramatic irony | In Act 4, scene 5, the Nurse and the Capulets find Juliet ‘dead’ in her bedroom. The Friar and the audience both know that Juliet is only in a coma. This is an example of what literary term? |
| comic relief | Mercutio insults the nurse by suggesting that her fan has a better looking… |
| foil | Benvolio is a____________for Mercutio because Benvolio is more serious. |
| oxymoron | A glooming peace |
| paradox | to truly appreciate life one must accept the reality of death (appears to be false, but in reality expresses a possible truth) |
| poetic justice | In Romeo and Juliet, the Montague and Capulet families experience_________________________as their age old feud comes to an end only with the deaths of their children. |
| pun | ask for me tomorrow and you shall fine me a GRAVE man |
| tragedy | the young lovers-are faced with a momentous obstacle that results in a horrible and fatal conclusion |
Romeo and Juliet Literary Examples
October 7, 2019