A reference to a literary, historical, or mythological person or event to explain a present situation.
What is an allusion?
100
to treat with contempt or disregard
What is to flout?
100
Prince says they are banished
Who is Romeo?
100
a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists
What is a vestige?
200
the part of a sentence where something is told or asked
What is a subject?
200
A humorous scene or speech in a serious drama which is meant to provide relief from emotional intensity and, by contrast, to heighten the seriousness of the story
What is comic relief?
200
Deadly; tending to cause death or injury
What is pernicious?
200
Kills Mercutio
Who is Tybalt?
200
A figure of speech that implies or states (without using “like” or “as”) a comparison between two unlike things which are similar in some way
What is a metaphor?
300
A form of a verb ending in -ing
What is a gerund?
300
A hint of what is to come in the story. It is often used to keep the audience member in a state of expectancy
What is foreshadowing?
300
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group
What is a prerogative?
300
Juliet keeps her father happy towards the end of the play
What is she says she will marry paris?
300
unwilling to unable to believe something
What is incredulous?
400
a group of words that do not express a complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
400
A term used to describe words or phrases that appeal to the five senses
What is Imagery?
400
independent; not ruled by others or outside forces
What is sovereign?
400
How long Juliet will be asleep
What is 42 hours?
400
excessively greedy or predatory
What is rapacious?
500
what the person or thing is doing
What is a predicate?
500
A contrast of two contradictory terms for the sake of emphasis
What is an oxymoron?
500
Persuasive, powerful speech
What is eloquence?
500
Juliet is to drink the potion and act dead, Then get in her tomb and wait for Romeo where she will wake up and they will run off together.