ITU: TOLERANCE

English 9: William Shakespeare

“Romeo and Juliet”

Literary Devices

Directions: Find the definitions of each literary device listed below.

Make sure the definitions you find are LITERARY TERMS definitions.
Hint: the dictionary definition is not always the literary terms definition,
so make sure to use your resources in order to find the appropriate
definition. For example, the literary terms definition for Meter is NOT
something you put money in so that you can park your car without
getting a ticket.

ALL DEFINTIONS SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH

LITERATURE.
1. Plot: The main events in a story or novel
2. Setting: The place and surroundings in a story
3. Point of view: They point of view that the story is told form a
specific character in the story
4. Characterization: The way that a character is described and their
personality
5. Theme: The subject of a story and the view point that it is told
6. Alliteration: The use of the same letter and or word recurring
throughout the literature
7. Allusion: The practice of bringing things to mind
8. Analogy: The comparison between two people and their talking
points throughout the literature
9. Antagonist: The one in the story who is hostile and opposes the
main character
10.Aside: A remark that is intended to be heard by the audience but
not the characters in the play
11.Blank Verse: A verse without rhyme
12.Climax: The most exciting and intense point of a story where the
plot unfolds
13.Comic Relief: To offset more serious points in literature
14. Conflict: A disagreement or opposition in a work of literature
15.Couplet: a type of rhyme that only has two verses
16.Diction: A style of speaking or writing
17.Dramatic Irony: The expression by using something that usually
means the opposite
18.Dramatic Structure: The structure of a story that brings drama
19.Epithet: A word that expresses the characteristics of something
that is a generalization
Dr. J. Smith, Facilitator ITU: TOLERANCE
Ms. J. Markley, Facilitator iGenda 1
Mr. M. Pryor, Facilitator Shakespeare: Literary Devices
Ms. R. Muffler, Monday Facilitator WebQuest: Western Europe
 20.Figurative Language: To use words that have special meaning
that mean different things that what the dictionary meaning is
21.Foreshadowing: To show something in the beginning that will
become important later in the story
22.Foil: To stop or ruin some ones plans to do something
23.Imagery: The use of words to create specific images in some
ones head
24.Irony: Using language that usually means the opposite of
something to get an idea across
25.Meter: A measurement of speech that is used in poems and
rhymes
26.Metaphor: A statement that applies to a word or action but not
literally
27.Monologue: One character talking for a long section of a literary
piece without any interruptions
28.Oxymoron: Something that is impossible and or cannot be done
29.Personification: Giving an object a personality and letting it
become like a person
30.Protagonist: The leading character in a story
31.Pun: A joke using the different possibilities of the meaning of a
word
32.Rhyme Scheme: The meter of a rhyme and how it is setup
33.Simile: A statement that applies to a word or action but not
literally and uses the word like
34.Situational Irony: A situation that brings about irony
35.Soliloquy: The act of speaking aloud to oneself regardless if
others are listening or not
36.Sonnet: A poem of fourteen lines that uses a specific meter
37.Symbol: An object or idea that means something other that that
of which it really is
38.Tragedy: When something occurs that is very depressing or
meaningful
39.Verbal Irony: Using actions to express irony

World Geography: Western Europe

WebQuest
 Go to phschool.com
 Under Course Content…Web Codes…insert mjk-0015 then press
Go
 Left hand side of the page…under Course Content…click onto
SOCIAL STUDIES
 Under Student Resources click on Textbook Companion Sites
 Under Select Your State and Textbook Program…click on arrows
after State and select Intl

Dr. J. Smith, Facilitator ITU: TOLERANCE

Ms. J. Markley, Facilitator iGenda 1
Mr. M. Pryor, Facilitator Shakespeare: Literary Devices
Ms. R. Muffler, Monday Facilitator WebQuest: Western Europe
  Next…go to program arrows and select World Geography then
press Go
 Scroll down to UNIT 4: WESTERN EUROPE and click onto Chapter
14: Regional Atlas: Introduction to Western Europe…read the
Summary to answer the questions:
○ Why is the continent of Europe called “a peninsula of
peninsulas?” It is called the “peninsula of peninsulas”
because of all the peninsulas in Europe
○ What is a peninsula? A piece of land that is almost
completely surrounded by water (look this up in the
dictionary if you don’t know)
○ What peninsula stretches into the Mediterranean Sea? Italy
○ Is Greece a peninsula? No
 Above the Summary section…click onto Go Online Activities
 On this page, under Enrichment: Ecosystems…click onto
ecosystems
 On this page, click onto Geography
 On this page, click onto World Geography
 On this page, under World Geography…scroll down to The
Difference between the U.K., Great Britain, England, and the
British Isles …and click onto that link
 On this page, take some time to maneuver…reading numerous
facts, answer the following questions.
○ What countries comprise Great Britain? England, Scotland,
and Wales
○ What is the capital of Great Britain? London
○ What does Greater London mean? It is the corporation of
the city of London and the city
○ What are boroughs and how many are in the City of
London? There are 32 boroughs
○ Where is Wales located in reference to England? It is west
of England
○ When was Wales united with England? 1536
○ What river separates Scotland from England? Tweed
○ What year were Scotland, England, and Wales united under
the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain? 1801
○ What is the capital of Northern Ireland? Belfrast
○ Where is the Isle of Man located and what is the total area
of this island? It is located in Europe west of England and
the total are is 227 mi
○ When did the Isle of Man enter the control of England?
1765
○ How does the Isle of Man governed? It has a legislative
council and a house of keys

Dr. J. Smith, Facilitator ITU: TOLERANCE

Ms. J. Markley, Facilitator iGenda 1
Mr. M. Pryor, Facilitator Shakespeare: Literary Devices
Ms. R. Muffler, Monday Facilitator WebQuest: Western Europe
 ○ What is meant by European Union and how many countries
are there? It is a group of nations that have united together
to help each other and there are 27 countries
○ What is the purpose of the Commonwealth of Nations? To
bring together the commonwealth between all of the
countries and to protect each other
○ How is the United Kingdom governed? It is governed with a
constitutional monarch
○ The United Kingdom consists of what countries? England,
Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
○ What did signing the Magna Carta do for the United
Kingdom? It created parliament
○ What religion is the Church of England? It is the Anglicans
○ When did the United Kingdom lose control of America? In
1781
○ Why did Britain enter WWII? To protect Poland
○ What is the name of the women who became Britain’s first
female Prime Minister? Margaret Thatcher
○ What was the name of Britain’s Prime Minister that led
Britain to become one of U.S. allies after the September 11
attacks on the World Trade Center? Tony Blair
○ What is the name of the British Royal that will take over
the throne when the Queen dies? Prince Williams
 Scroll to the top of the page and click onto Atlas and Almanacs to
answer:
○ Click onto EUROPE …and review the map
 What is the name of the Ocean west of IRELAND?
Atlantic Ocean
 What is the name of the Sea south of FRANCE?
Mediterranean Sea
 What is the capital of SPAIN? Madrid
 What is the name of the Sea east of the UNITED
KINGDOM? North Sea
 What is the name of the Sea west of NORWAY?
Norwegian Sea
 What is the capital of SWEDEN? Stockholm
 What is the capital of ITALY? Rome
○ Scroll down to Maps—Europe and view the Countries to
answer the following questions:
 Click onto Austria
• What is the capital of Austria? Vienna
• How many miles is Salzburg from Vienna? 300
Miles

Dr. J. Smith, Facilitator ITU: TOLERANCE

Ms. J. Markley, Facilitator iGenda 1
Mr. M. Pryor, Facilitator Shakespeare: Literary Devices
Ms. R. Muffler, Monday Facilitator WebQuest: Western Europe
 • What seven countries border Austria?
Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary,
Slovenia, Italy, Switz
• What is the Government of Austria? Parliment
 Click onto Norway
• What is the capital of Norway? Oslo
• What Sea’s border Norway? Norwegian sea
• What three countries border Norway? Swden,
Finland, Russia
• What is the Government of Norway? Republic
 Click onto Sweden
• What is the capital of Sweden? Stockholm
• What two countries border Sweden? Finland,
Norway
• What is considered the Scandinavian
Peninsula? Gulf of Bothinia
• What is the Government of Sweden?
Legislative parliment

Dr. J. Smith, Facilitator ITU: TOLERANCE

Ms. J. Markley, Facilitator iGenda 1
Mr. M. Pryor, Facilitator Shakespeare: Literary Devices
Ms. R. Muffler, Monday Facilitator WebQuest: Western Europe