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. (Source - Google and dashboard dictionary)
1. Plot - the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work,
devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
2. Setting - the place and time at which a play, novel, or film is
represented as happening
3. Point of view (source -
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/lit_term.html) -
the perspective from which the story is told
4. Characterization - all of the techniques that writers use to create
characters.
5. Theme - the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's
thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
6. Alliteration - the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the
beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
7. Allusion - an expression designed to call something to mind
without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
8. Analogy - a process by which new words and inflections are
created on the basis of regularities in the form of existing ones.
9. Antagonist - a person who actively opposes or is hostile to
someone or something; an adversary
10.Aside - a remark or passage by a character in a play that is
intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other
characters in the play
11.Blank Verse - unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
12.Climax - the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed
scene is the climax of the play"
13.Comic Relief - a bit of humor injected into a serious play to
relieve the heavy tension of the tragic events

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
 14.Conflict - opposition in a work of drama or fiction between
characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the
development of the plot)
15.Couplet - a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse;
usually rhymed
16.Diction - A writer’s choice of words, phrases, sentence
structures, and figurative language, which combine to help
create meaning
17.Dramatic Irony - (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of
the situation is understood by the audience but not by the
characters in the play
18.Dramatic Structure - The sequence a 5-act play follows including
exposition, rising action, climax or turning point, falling action,
and denouement or catastrophe
19.Epithet - An adjective or phrase used to express the
characteristic of a person or thing in poetry
20.Figurative Language - writing or speech that is not meant to be
interpreted literally
21.Foreshadowing - A literary device in which an author drops
subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story
22.Foil - enhance by contrast
23.Imagery - a word or group of words in a literary work which
appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing,
and smell.
24.Irony - In literary criticism, the effect of language in which the
intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated
25.Meter - In poetry, the meter (or metre) is the basic rhythmic
structure of a verse
26.Metaphor - a figure of speech in which an expression is used to
refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to
suggest a similarity
27.Monologue - A monologue (or monolog) is an extended
uninterrupted speech by a character in a drama
28.Oxymoron - a combination of opposites; the union of
contradictory terms
29.Personification - a type of figurative language in which a non-
human subject is given human characteristics
30.Protagonist - A protagonist is the main character (the central or
main figure) of a drama or story
31.Pun - A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two
meanings at the same time
32.Rhyme Scheme - The sequence in which the rhyme occurs
33.Simile - A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike
things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as"
34.Situational Irony - An event occurs that directly contradicts the
expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience
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
 35.Soliloquy - a speech delivered by a character who is alone on the
stage
36.Sonnet - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme
scheme
37.Symbol - A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or
object; Any object, typically material, which is meant to
represent another
38.Tragedy - a work of literature that results in a catastrophe for the
main character
39.Verbal Irony - a writer says one thing and means another

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
 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?” because a number of smaller peninsulas jut
out to the north, west, and south
○ What is a peninsula? (look this up in the dictionary if you
don’t know)
○ What peninsula stretches into the Mediterranean Sea?
Italian
○ Is Greece a peninsula? yes
 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.
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 countries comprise Great Britain? England, Scotland,
Wales
○ What is the capital of Great Britain? None
○ What does Greater London mean? The largest city of
England, also it’s capital
○ What are boroughs and how many are in the City of
London? 32…they are a district or town that is also in
administrative unit
○ Where is Wales located in reference to England? West
○ When was Wales united with England? 1536
○ What river separates Scotland from England? The tweed
and Liddell rivers
○ What year were Scotland, England, and Wales united under
the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain? 1707
○ What is the capital of Northern Ireland? Belfast
○ Where is the Isle of Man located and what is the total area
of this island? The Irish sea, total area is 227 sq mi
○ When did the Isle of Man enter the control of England?
1341
○ How does the Isle of Man governed? A governement
formed of a legislative council, a House of Keys, and a
lieutenant governor
○ What is meant by European Union and how many countries
are there? It is a collective of 27 countries.
○ What is the purpose of the Commonwealth of Nations?
Consultation and cooperation
○ How is the United Kingdom governed? Constitutional
monarchy
○ The United Kingdom consists of what countries? England,
Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
○ What did signing the Magna Carta do for the United
Kingdom? A House of Commons is born
○ What religion is the Church of England? Protestant
○ When did the United Kingdom lose control of America?
1781
○ Why did Britain enter WWII?
○ What is the name of the women who became Britain’s first
female Prime Minister?
○ 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?
○ What is the name of the British Royal that will take over
the throne when the Queen dies?

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
  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?
 What is the name of the Sea south of FRANCE?
 What is the capital of SPAIN?
 What is the name of the Sea east of the UNITED
KINGDOM?
 What is the name of the Sea west of NORWAY?
 What is the capital of SWEDEN?
 What is the capital of ITALY?
○ Scroll down to Maps—Europe and view the Countries to
answer the following questions:
 Click onto Austria
• What is the capital of Austria?
• How many miles is Salzburg from Vienna?
• What seven countries border Austria?
• What is the Government of Austria?
 Click onto Norway
• What is the capital of Norway?
• What Sea’s border Norway?
• What three countries border Norway?
• What is the Government of Norway?
 Click onto Sweden
• What is the capital of Sweden?
• What two countries border Sweden?
• What is considered the Scandinavian
Peninsula?
• What is the Government of Sweden?

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