What is the name of the main Montague in the play?
Romeo
Who is the main Capulet in the play?
Juliet
What two characters die in Act 3 after a fight between the two families breaks out?
Mercutio & Tybalt
What shape is used to represent the three modes of persuasion?
(Rhetorical) Triangle
This literary term describes a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
What literary term is used when a part of something is used to represent the whole?
SPELLING COUNTS!!!
Synecdoche
In Act 1, a fight breaks out between the families and one Montague says, "My naked weapon is out." What example of figurative language is this?
Personification
What is Lord Capulet's response to Paris' request to marry Juliet?
He believes she is too young, and they should wait a couple years.
How many times had the families fought before Prince threatened disruptors with the death penalty?
Three
This mode of persuasion measures a speaker's credibility.
Ethos
This literary term describes a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
Metaphor
What does Romeo means when he says Mercutio "jests at scars that never felt a wound."
Mercutio jokes at Romeo's broken heart but has never been in love.
Tybalt; Romeo
What are Mercutio's dying words?
A plague on both your houses.
This mode of persuasion appeals to an audience's emotions.
Pathos
This literary term provides human characteristics to nonhuman things.
Personification.
When Romeo says, "It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear," what form of figurative language is this?
Simile
What are Juliet and Romeo talking about when they discuss whether they heard the nightingale or the lark singing outside their window?
Whether it is morning or night.
Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo & Juliet?
He believes their union can end the war between their families.
This mode of persuasion measures the reasoning of the message.
Logos
This literary term describes a reference to a popular person, place, or thing.
Allusion
When Romeo claims his lips are "two blushing pilgrims" what form of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
What is Lord and Lady Capulet's response when Juliet claims she doesn't want to marry Paris?
Lord Capulet disowns her and says she is removed from the family if she doesn't marry him.
Lady Capulet refuses to talk to her.
What part of the body does the secondary Montague bite to insult the Capulet boys?
His thumb.
What mode of persuasion does Romeo use to try and stop Tybalt from starting a fight with him?
Pathos
This literary term is used to describe the repetition of the same consonant sound in a line of poetry or sentence of a story.
Alliteration
When Benvolio says, "Part, fools, put up your swords; you know not what you do," what form of figurative language is this?
Allusion
Why does Romeo believe his "life is [his] foes debt"?
He is in love with Juliet & since the Capulets brought her into existence, he owes them his own.
Explain why Benvolio and Tybalt are perfect foils for one another.
Benvolio is level-headed and wishes to avoid a fight while Tybalt is hot-tempered and seeks a fight.
What mode of persuasion does Friar Laurence use when he calls Romeo's new love into question?
Ethos
This literary term is used to describe an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally and is spoken for effect.
Hyperbole
What does Romeo mean when he says, "Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.”
He wants another kiss from Juliet to steal back the sin he gave her with their first kiss.
Why does Lord Capulet push to hold the wedding between Juliet and Paris so quickly?
He wants to raise Juliet's (and everyone else's) spirits after the death of Tybalt.
What does the poisonous plant Friar Laurence discusses in Act 2 symbolize?
Romeo & Juliet's love
What mode of persuasion does Juliet use when claiming a name does not make a person and what example does she use to make it real?
Logos; a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
This literary term is used to describe the repetition of the same vowel sound in a line of poetry or sentence of a story.
Assonance
Why does Romeo believe banishment is worse than death. Be specific.
Banishment requires Romeo to live and worry about Juliet while death allows him to be rid of the torture of not seeing the one he loves.
What does Paris mean when, in Act 4, Scene 1, he says, "Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death, And therefore have I little talk of love, For Venus smiles not in a house of tears."
Juliet is distraught with Tybalt's death and so, Paris is unable to speak with her about their love or their wedding.
Why does Tybalt want to kill Romeo?
He identifies him at the Capulet party.
What kind of triangle is used to represent the three modes of persuasion?
Equilateral
This literary term describes the repetition of grammatical elements to create flow in language.
Parallelism
What does Lord Montague mean when he says Romeo has been seen in the morning "With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew, Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs."
What is Juliet's doubts about taking the drug given to her by Friar Laurence?
1.) It may not work. 2.) Friar Laurence might be trying to kill her.
What does the nurse playfully request from Juliet before telling her about her meeting with Romeo?
A back rub/massage
What are the four elements of ethos?
Trustworthiness, Authority, Reputation, & Similarities with the audience
This literary term describes the pace or beat of language created through the specific use of syllabic structure to create flow.
Rhythm
What literary device does Romeo use when he says, "Here's much to do with hate, but more with love. Why, then, O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first created, O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep that is not what it is."
Oxymoron
What are the two opening lines of Juliet's balcony soliloquy?
O Romeo, Romeo where for art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse they name.
Name two of the three secondary family members who fight during the battle of Act 1, Scene 1.
Sampson, Gregory, & Abraham
List 5 of the 7 ways we develop pathos.
Themes, Emotional Language, Analogies & Metaphors, Stories, Humor, Visuals, Delivery Techniques
What form of poetry does Shakespeare use to create the prologue?
Sonnet