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| mood | the feeling or atmosphere of a piece of writing |
| index | where you would look to find information in a textbook |
| Romeo | protagonist in Romeo and Juliet |
| foreshadowing | when the author gives clues about what is to come in the story |
| protagonist | the main character in a story. |
| onomatopoeia | when a word sounds like what it means |
| theme | the message that the author wants the reader to take away from the story |
| rhyming couplet | A pair of lines that rhyme |
| climax | the turning point of a story |
| compound/complex sentence | two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses |
| anecdote | a short, entertaining story |
| repetition | The repeating of a word, a phrase, or an ideal for emphasis or rhythmic effect is |
| complex sentence | One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses |
| personification | giving human characteristic to objects or animals |
| Shakespeare | wrote Romeo and Juliet |
| imagery | A word or sequence of words representing a sensory experience is |
| quatrain | A stanza of four lines is |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the beginning of words |
| simile | comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as |
| oxymoron | Loving hate is an example of _____ |
| draft | put ideas down on paper in a rough format |
| clause | A group of words with a subject and a verb |
| homonyms | Two words that sound alike but have different meanings |
| tragedy | a play with a sad or unhappy ending |
| sequence of events | list of actions in chronological order |
| exposition | introduction of a story |
| paraphrase | put ideas in your own words |
| comparison | telling how two subjects are alike |
| flashback | When a story goes back in time |
| drama | What kind of writing is Romeo and Juliet? |
| symbol | when one thing stands for another |
| irony | The unexpected side of a situation |
| event | important things that happen in a text |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |
| pun | a play on words |
| soliloquy | when a character express his thoughts or feelings out loud to the audience |
