Romeo & Juliet Act 1 with Vocabulary
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- Prose
- Language based on sentences w/out any metric structure/ pattern
- Poetry
- Language written in verse w/ organized form & metrical structure
- Meter
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-Rhythm of emphases/ stresses made into a regular pattern
-Regularizes rhythm of / and U syllables into recognizable patterns - Blank Verse
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-Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
-Form Shakespeare used for most of his plays - Foot
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Unit that measures the arrangement of unstressed and stressed syllables
-One unit of rhythm in a verse - Unstressed Syllables
- U
- Stressed Syllables
- /
- Iamb
- Unit/ foot consisting of U syllable followed by / syllable
- Pentameter
- Five metrical feet in each line, each foot consisting of one iamb (U /)
- Iambic Pentameter
- Verse that has 1 iamb/foot, 5 ft/line, total of 10 syllables/line
- Sonnet
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Favorite type of poem written in English
-Consists of single, 14-line poems
-Sometimes whole narratives written in this form - Petrarch
- 14th century poet who invented the sonnet
- # of Sonnets written by Shakespeare
- 154
- Quatrain
- Sets of four lines in a sonnet (3 of them)
- Couplet
- Two lines at end of a sonnet
- Thematic Structure of Sonnets
- 1st 2 Quatrains: set up problem; 3rd Quatrain: begins to answer problem; Ending Couplet: tries to solve problem
- The Montagues
- Lord, Lady, Romeo, Abram, Benvolio, Balthasar
- The Capulets
- Lord, Lady, Juliet, Nurse, Tybalt, Sampson, Gregory, Old Man, Peter
- Neutral Characters of Romeo & Juliet
- Chorus, Prince Escalus, Count Paris, Mercutio
- Bawdy Characters (Vulgar, Obscene)
- Mercutio & Nurse
- Lady Capulet
- Formal & Standoffish
- Foil
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Character who provides strong contrast to another character
-Writers use to emphasize distinctive traits/ make character look better by comparison