| A | B |
|---|
| oxymoron | contradiction in terms:emphasizes a point |
| rhymed couplet | two successive lines of poetry, usually equal in length, that rhyme |
| alliteration | repitition of a beginning consonant sound |
| metaphor | comparison with using 'like' or 'as' |
| simile | comparison using 'like' or 'as' |
| hyperbole | gross exaggeration |
| aside | actor looks directly at audience and says one line |
| soliloquy | talking to self: actor says long speech to himself |
| eye rhyme | again/rain:matches only with letters |
| litotes | understatement |
| apostrophe | talking to someone who is not present, or to an inanimate object |
| Tybalt | Capulet |
| Juliet | Capulet |
| Nurse | Capulet |
| Romeo | Montague |
| Benvolio | Montague |
| Mercutio | Prince's relative |
| County Paris | Prince's relative |
| Rosaline | Capulet |
| squib | filled with sulfer and lit for lightning |
| thunder | cannon rolling down stairs |
| heaven | huts, turret, canopy |
| hell | below trap door |
| innner stage | used for inside |
| platform stage | used for outside |
| 1562 | Shakespeare was born |
| wife | Anne Hathaway |
| mom | Mary Arden |
| dad | John Shakespeare |
| T. Jefferson | invented light bulb |
