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 of a play, novel, movie, or similar
work, devised and presented by the writer as an
interrelated sequence
2. Setting- the place time at which a play novel, or film is
represented as happening
3. Point of view- the narrator’s position in relation to the
story being told
4. Characterization- makes plots through actions of the
character or words
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- the comparison between two things, typically on
the basis of their structure and for the purpose of
explanation or clarification
9. Antagonist- a person who actively opposes or is hostile to
someone or something; an adversary
10.Aside-used to indicate that one is dismissing something
from consideration, or that one is shifting from one topic
or tone of discussion to another
11.Blank Verse- a verse that doesn’t rhyme
12.Climax-the most intense, exciting, or important point of
something

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 13.Comic Relief-literary work that offset more serious
sections
14. Conflict-a serious disagreement or argument, typically a
protracted one
15.Couplet-two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and
joined by rhyme, that for a unit
16.Diction-the choice and use of words and phrases in speech
or writing
17.Dramatic Irony-a literary technique, originally used in
Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a
character’s words or actions are clear to the audience or
reader although unknown to the character
18.Dramatic Structure-the structure of dramatic work such as
a play or film
19.Epithet-an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a
quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
20.Figurative Language-speech or writing that departs from
literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or
meaning, speech or writing employing figure of speech
21.Foreshadowing-to show or indicate before hand; prefigure
22.Foil-a character that acts the opposite of another
23.Imagery-visually descriptive or figurative language
24.Irony-the expression of one’s meaning by using language
that normally signifies the opposite, typically for
humorous or emphatic effect
25.Meter-the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the
number and length of feet in a line
26.Metaphor-a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is
applied to an object or action to which it is not literally
applicable
27.Monologue-a long speech by one actor in a play or movie,
or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program
28.Oxymoron-a figure of speech in which apparently
contradictory terms appear in conjunction
29.Personification-the attribution of a personal nature or
human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the
representation of an abstract quality in human form
30.Protagonist-a leading character or one of the major
characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional
text
31.Pun-a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a
word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but
have different meanings
32.Rhyme Scheme-the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends
of the lines of a poem or verse

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Ms. R. Muffler, Monday Facilitator WebQuest: Western Europe
 33.Simile-a figure of speech involving the comparison of one
thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make
a description more emphatic or vivid
34.Situational Irony-describes a discrepancy between the
expected result and actual results when enlivened by
perverse appropriateness
35.Soliloquy-an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by
oneself or regardless of any hearers, by a character in a
play
36.Sonnet-a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of
formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten
syllables per line
37.Symbol-a mark or character used as a conventional
representation of an object, function, or process
38.Tragedy-a play dealing with tragic events and having an
unhappy ending, one concerning the downfall of the main
character
39.Verbal Irony- speakers communicate implies propositions
that are intentionally contradictory to the propositions
contained in the words themselves

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 of the number of smaller
peninsulas just out to the north, west, and south
○ What is a peninsula? (look this up in the dictionary if you
don’t know) A piece of land almost surrounded by
water or projecting out into a body of water
○ What peninsula stretches into the Mediterranean Sea? The
Iberian Peninsula
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 ○ 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, and Wales
○ What is the capital of Great Britain? London
○ What does Greater London mean? Consists of the
Corporation of the City of London
○ What are boroughs and how many are in the City of
London? There are 32 Boroughs
○ Where is Wales located in reference to England? Wales
lies west of England and is separated from England
by the Cambrian Mountains
○ When was Wales united with England? 1536
○ What river separates Scotland from England? River
Tweed
○ 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 Isle of Man is located in the Irish
Sea, equidistant from Scotland, Ireland, and England
○ When did the Isle of Man enter the control of England?
1341
○ How does the Isle of Man governed? They administered
according to its own laws by a government
composed of the lieutenant governor, a legislative
council, and a governor
○ What is meant by European Union and how many countries
are there? European Union is the name given since
the ratification of the Treaty of European Union, or
Maastricht Treaty. There are 27 countries
○ What is the purpose of the Commonwealth of Nations? The
purpose of the Commonwealth is consultation and
cooperation.
○ How is the United Kingdom governed? The UK is a
constitutional monarchy and parliamentary
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 democracy, with a queen and a parliament that has
two houses: the House of Lords, with 574 life peers,
92 hereditary peers, and 26 bishops; and the House
of Commons, which has 651 popularly elected
members.
○ The United Kingdom consists of what countries? Great
Britain(England, Wales, and Scotland and Northern
Ireland)
○ What did signing the Magna Carta do for the United
Kingdom? It 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?
1815 at Waterloo
○ 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
○ 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 Charles
 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? Libson, Madrid and
Porks
 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

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Ms. R. Muffler, Monday Facilitator WebQuest: Western Europe
 • How many miles is Salzburg from Vienna?
About 200 miles
• What seven countries border Austria?
Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Croatia, Switzerland
• What is the Government of Austria? Federal
Republic
 Click onto Norway
• What is the capital of Norway? Oslo
• What Sea’s border Norway? Norwegian Sea
• What three countries border Norway?
Sweden, Finland, and 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
and Finland
• What is considered the Scandinavian
Peninsula? A region in northern Europe
that consists of Norway, Sweden, and
part of north Finland
• 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