| Term | Definition |
|---|
| couplet | two rhyming lines, indicate shrift of direction, stage directions |
| Sonnet | 14 lines iambic pentameter, usually about love |
| Dramatic irony | when audience knows something that the actors do not |
| light vs. dark imagery | Shakespeare uses _______ describing Romeo and Juliet |
| accent | add syllable |
| apostrophe | take out syllable |
| foreshadowing | when Juliet compares the rushing into love like lightning what is that called? |
| soliloquy | when a character speaks to themselves |
| theme | good vs. evil, illusion vs. reality, love vs. hate are examples of what? |
| a gardener, botanist, potion maker, religious adviser | Friar Lawrence is what? |
| they are worth nothing without men | What is Shakespeare's opinion about women? |
| rising action | When friar is emphasizing how fast Romeo's love is moving that is an example of what part in a Shakespearean tragedy? |
| gain attention and spark interest | When Mercutio and Romeo speak in prose it is to do what? |
| idioms | what are expressions of a language that means something different than the literal definition? |
| Juliet | What character proves to be immature, youthful, and impatient? |
| well mannered and loved by Verona | Why does Lord Capulet like Romeo in Act I? |
| they are lesser characters | Characters speaking in prose mean what? |
| What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. | Memorize (rose) |
| But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? | Memorize (breaks) |
| O Romeo, Romeo? Wherefore art thou Romeo? | Memorize (wherefore) |
| Paris | Who does Juliet not want to marry? |
| end-stopped line | What is a line that uses punctuation at the end? |
| run-on line | What is a line that does not use punctuation at the end? |
| blank verse | What is an unrhymed iambic pentameter called? |
| servants of the Capulets | Who are Sampson and Gregory? |
| servant of Romeo and the Montagues | Who are Balthasar and Abram? |
| ruler of Verona | Who is Prince Escalus? |
| two days | How many days have passed by the end of Act III |
| she is sworn to a life of chastity | Why is Romeo depressed about his love for Rosaline? |
| oxymoron | What are two contradictory elements called? |
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