R&J Devices
Poetic Devices
R&J Content
R&J Quotes
R&J Content
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a reference to something outside the text, such as history, the Bible, the Red Sox
What is an allusion?
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simile
What is a comparison between two dissimilar objects that uses like or as?
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the peacemaker in the opening scene fight
Who is Benvolio?
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"A plague on both your houses. They have made worm's meat of me.”
What is Mercutio, both families, beginning of Act III, blaming feud for his death; his last words?
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How would the Capulets and Montagues describe the theme of Romeo and Juliet?
What is hatred between two families can rob people of what they hold dearest?
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Shakespeare’s theatre; people who stood in the pit and threw food if not happy with the play
What are The Globe and groundlings?
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metaphor
What is a comparison between two dissimilar objects that does not use like or as?
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Why Romeo happened to read the guest list for the Capulet party: The party-goer at the Capulet’s who was most outraged by Romeo’s presence.
What is an illiterate servant asked for help? Who is Tybalt?
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"If you ever disturb our streets again Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
What is Prince, Capulets and Montagues, Act I after brawl, Prince's sentence that foreshadows future disruptions?
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Romeo’s tragic flaw is:____ Romeo finds Juliet in the tomb, and assumes she is dead; however, the audience knows that she is not dead, but she has taken a potion to make her appear dead. This is an example of____
What is hastiness? What is dramatic irony?
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the lowest form of speaking for Shakespearean characters; average form of speaking for Shakespearean characters; the highest form of speaking for Shakespearean characters
What are prose, blank verse, and sonnet?
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denotation
What is dictionary definition of a word?
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1) Lady Capulet tried to convince Juliet that this person would be a good husband. 2) Juliet finds out who Romeo is by asking; 3) At the end of the party in Act I, _______ knows about Romeo and Juliet’s vows.
Who is Paris? Who is the Nurse? Who is no one?
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“If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine the gentle fine is this, My lips two blushing pilgrims stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."
What is Romeo, Juliet, Act I at party, first touch and words; suave Romeo?
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Three best foils for Romeo’s character are____ The Friar marries Romeo and Juliet because:____ Juliet leaves her house to marry Romeo without raising suspicion by: ____
Who are Benvolio, Mercutio, and the Friar? What is he wants to unite the families? What is pretending to go to confession?
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a. a play in which the central character falls from a high position to a low one or death; b. determined number of syllables in a line and; c.rhyme scheme used to show important characters and/or scenes; d.when Juliet complains of Paris and the audience knows but Paris doesn’t hear. e. good - vocal word;
What are tragedy, iambic pentameter, aside, and bene?
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connotation
What is set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning?
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In Act One, why Capulet rejects Paris’ proposal to marry Juliet; Romeo is happy to forget ___ when he sees Juliet.; The Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because:____, In Act III Tybalt enters the square looking for Romeo because___,
What is she's too young? Who is Rosaline? What is end the feud? What is Romeo crashed the Capulet party?
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“O happy dagger!”
What is Juliet, self/dagger, Act V, saying how fortunate the dagger is to end her life = true love!
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Mercutio gets stabbed by Tybalt because____ Conceived by the Friar, the greatest magic trick in all of literature consists of:____ Juliet’s probable reason for asking forgiveness from her parents is:___ As a result of their double-suicide:____
What is Romeo tries to break up the fight? What is Juliet faking death, letter to Romeo, meeting Juliet in tomb, leaving for Mantua? What is make them feel more at ease when she dies? What is the families make peace?
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a. Juliet’s speech on the balcony is an example of____, b. banish by force - vocal word, c. Mercutio’s long speech about Romeo being a dreamer is an example of____, d. audience knows that Romeo is in the bushes in balcony scene; Juliet does not know is an example of____, e. noisy fight - vocab word
What is soliloquy, exile, monologue, dramatic irony, and fray?
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meter
What is a poem’s rhythmical pattern, as determined by the number of stresses, or beats, in each line?
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Why is it so risky for Juliet to take the potion from the Friar?---- Romeo hears of Juliet’s burial and immediately he plans to-____ At the end of scene one in the last act of the play after Romeo hears the news from Balthasar, Romeo buys a -____ Who says “I dare no longer stay!” in the last scene at the graveyard? ____ What causes Friar Lawrence to go to the churchyard at the end?
What is it could kill her? What is kill himself? What is a drug or poison? Who is the Friar? What is it is all part of his and Juliet's plan?
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But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!"
What is Romeo, self, Act II beginning, first sighting of Juliet outside of party; continues comparison between Juliet and elements?
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a) Balthazar tells Romeo of Juliet’s death. b) Juliet stabs herself. c) Juliet takes potion. d) Friar enters the tomb. e) Romeo goes to the tomb.
What is c, a, e, d, b?
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