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Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms

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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Instructor name: Ms. Sharon Wright

1. a play of serious actions that ends unhappily

a) blank verse b) tragedy

c) dramatic irony d) comedy

2. poetry with ten syllables per line, alternating an unstressed one with a stressed one

a) run-on line b) iambic pentameter

c) sonnet d) blank verse

3. several lines spoken by one character alone on stage

a) aside b) soliloquy

c) sonnet d) monologue

4. 14 lines of poetry that rhymes and is written in iambic meter

a) sonnet b) soliloquy

c) blank verse d) end-stopped line

5. two lines of poetry in a row that rhyme

a) duo rhyme b) consecutive lines

c) couplet d) iambic meter

6. a word that means "before"

a) e'er b) be'en

c) forthwith d) ere
7. an expression that combines contradictory ideas together

a) dramatic irony b) tragic flaw

c) tragedy d) oxymoron

8. a main character in a tragedy

a) monologue b) round character

c) flat character d) tragic hero

9. poetry that's written in iambic meter but doesn't rhyme

a) sonnet b) couplet

c) poem d) blank verse

10. a play that ends happily, usually in a wedding

a) Shakespeare b) tragedy

c) drama d) comedy

11. the character trait that brings about a sad ending

a) couplet b) dramatic personality

c) tragic flaw d) dramatic irony

12. one character speaks multiple lines in a row to others on stage

a) soliloquy b) sonnet

c) oxymoron d) monologue

13. a line of poetry that ends with no punctuation

a) couplets b) end-stopped line

c) dramatic foil d) run-on line

14. when the audience knows something a character on stage does not know

a) tragic flaw b) dramatic irony

c) drama d) tragedy

15. Which is written in iambic meter?

a) In the night I heard an angel sing. b) Just the other day, I went to school with two
lunches.

c) Instead of going to the store, I went to sleep d) Always resting on the couch, I couldn't watch
today. tv.

16. Which is written in iambic meter?

a) Behind the restaurant lay a garden of fresh b) Because I could always get a ride home, I
vegetables. stayed late.

c) Before she approaches the large building, she d) Before he gives it all away, I want to have some
stops the car. lunch.

17. lines spoken to the audience as if other actors can't hear them

a) aside b) oxymoron

c) run-on line d) exuent