Romeo and Juliet Literary Terms

Directions: Copy down the terms in your notebook with two or three lines of blank space for the
definition. Then look up the definition in the textbook and write it down.
Features of Plays:
1. act
2. aside
3. dialogue
4. monologue
5. prologue- introduces the themes and other important parts of the play
6. scene
7. soliloquy
8. stage directions
Other Terms:
9. dramatic irony
10. verbal irony
11. irony of situation
12. foil
13. foreshadowing
14. tragedy
15. blank verse