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-An author’s selection and arrangement of incidents in a
story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus.
2. Setting-The physical and social context in which the action of a
story occurs.
3. Point of view-Refers to who tells us a story and how it is told.
4. Characterization-The method a writer uses to reveal the
personality of a character in a literary work.
5. Theme-An ingredient of a literary work which gives the work
unity.
6. Alliteration-Used for poetic effect, a repitition of the initial sounds
of several words in a group.
7. Allusion-A reference in one literary work to a character or theme
found in another literary work.
8. Analogy- a comparison in which the subject is compared point by
point to something far different, usually with the idea of
clarifying the subject by comparing it to something familiar.
9. Antagonist-A person or force which opposes the protagonist in a
literary work.
10.Aside-A device in which a character in a drama makes a short
speech which is heard by the audience but not by other
characters in the play.
11.Blank Verse-A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
12.Climax-The decisive moment in a drama, the climax is the
turning point of the play to which the rising action leads.
13.Comic Relief- A humorous scene or incident that alleviates
tension in an otherwise serious work.
14. Conflict-In the plot of a drama, conflict occurs when the
protagonist is opposed by some person or force in the play.
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
 15.Couplet-A stanza of two lines, usually rhyming.
16.Diction-An author's choice of words.
17.Dramatic Irony- a discrepancy between what a character
believes or says and what the reader or audience member knows
to be true.
18.Dramatic Structure-
19.Epithet-In literature, a word of phrase preceding or following a
name which serves to describe the character.
20.Figurative Language-An example of figurative language that
states something that is not literally true in order to create an
effect.
21.Foreshadowing-In drama, a method used to build suspense by
providing hints of what is to come.
22.Foil-A character in a play who sets off the main character or
other characters by comparison.
23.Imagery-A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal
to one or more of the senses.
24.Irony-The result of an action is the reverse of what the actor
expected.
25.Meter-A regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a
line or lines of poetry.
26.Metaphor-A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made
between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like"
or "as."
27.Monologue- a speech by one person in a drama, a form of
entertainment by a single speaker, or an extended part of the
text of a play uttered by an actor.
28.Oxymoron-A combination of contradictory terms.
29.Personification-A figure of speech in which something nonhuman
is given human characteristics.
30.Protagonist -The hero or central character of a literary work.
31.Pun-A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two
meanings at the same time.
32.Rhyme Scheme-The pattern of rhymed words in a stanza or
generalized throughout a poem, expressed in alphabetic terms.
33.Simile-A figure of speech which takes the form of a comparison
between two unlike quantities for which a basis for comparison
can be found.
34.Situational Irony- The suicide of the seemingly successful main
character.
35.Soliloquy- In drama, a moment when a character is alone and
speaks his or her thoughts aloud.
36.Sonnet- A lyric poem of fourteen lines whose ryhme scheme is
fixed.

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
 37.Symbol- A device in literature where an object represents an
idea.
38.Tragedy- a type of drama which is pre-eminently the story of one
person, the hero.
39.Verbal Irony- a figure of speech that occurs when a person says
one thing but means the opposite.

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) piece of land that projects into a body of water
and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.
○ What peninsula stretches into the Mediterranean Sea?
Italian peninsula.
○ 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.
○ What countries comprise Great Britain? England, Scotland,
Wales.
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 the capital of Great Britain? London.
○ What does Greater London mean? Top-level administrative
subdivision covering London.
○ What are boroughs and how many are in the City of
London? 12.
○ Where is Wales located in reference to England? West of
England.
○ When was Wales united with England? 1536.
○ What river separates Scotland from England? Tweed River,
the Cheviot Hills, the Liddell River, and Solway Firth.
○ 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? Belfast.
○ Where is the Isle of Man located and what is the total area
of this island? Situated In the irish sea. 227 sq. mi.
○ When did the Isle of Man enter the control of England?
1341.
○ How does the Isle of Man governed? administered
according to its own laws by a government composed of
the lieutenant governor, a legislative council, and a House
of Keys.
○ What is meant by European Union and how many countries
are there? 27. an economic and political confederation of
European nations.
○ What is the purpose of the Commonwealth of Nations?
voluntary association of Great Britain and its
dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are
now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the
associated states (states with full internal government but
whose external relations are governed by Britain).
○ How is the United Kingdom governed? Constitutional
monarchy.
○ The United Kingdom consists of what countries? Great
Britain, Northern Ireland.
○ What did signing the Magna Carta do for the United
Kingdom? Awarded the people, especially the nobles,
certain basic rights.
○ What religion is the Church of England? Roman Catholic.
○ When did the United Kingdom lose control of America?
1775.
○ Why did Britain enter WWII? The efforts of Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain to stem the rising threat of Nazism in
Germany failed with the German invasion of Poland on
Sept. 1, 1939.

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 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? Blair.
○ What is the name of the British Royal that will take over
the throne when the Queen dies? Heir
 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?
North 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?A
little over 100 miles.
• What seven countries border Austria?
Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Hung.,
Slovenia, Switz.
• What is the Government of Austria? U.S. State
Department Notes.
 Click onto Norway
• What is the capital of Norway? Oslo
• What Sea’s border Norway? Norwegian Sea.
• What three countries border Norway? Sweden,
Finland, Russia.
• What is the Government of Norway?
Constitutional monarchy.
 Click onto Sweden
• What is the capital of Sweden? Stockholm.
• What two countries border Sweden? Norway,
Finland.
• What is considered the Scandinavian
Peninsula?
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 the Government of Sweden?
Constitutional monarchy.

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