Romeo and Juliet Act 1
Romeo and Juliet Act 2
Lit Terms
Poetic Terms
Misc.
100
What house is Romeo a part of?
Montague
100
Who keeps Juliet in suspense over Romeo's response to getting married?
The Nurse
100
Define "Stanza."
Arrangement of lines of poetry.
100
What is it called when words end in the same sound?
Rhyme
100
Who did Romeo "love" before Juliet?
Rosaline
200
What does Wherefore mean?
Why
200
What does Romeo compare Juliet to?
The sun. (Also acceptable: an angel)
200
Define "Alliteration."
Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.
200
What is a stanza called that is 2 lines long?
Stanza
200
What is the definition of "Foreshadowing"?
Hint at future events.
300
Who wants Romeo thrown out of the Party?
Tybalt
300
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
It thinks it will stop the family feud.
300
Define "Anaphora."
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or paragraphs.
300
What is a stanza called that is four lines long?
Quatrain
300
"Crazy cool cats can climb cotton candy canyons" is an example of what?
Alliteration
400
What analogy does Romeo use to get Juliet to kiss him?
Pilgrims visiting a shrine.
400
Fill in the blank: "What's in a name? A ______ by any other name would smell as sweet."
Rose
400
Define "Blank Verse."
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.
400
What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean or Elizabethan Sonnet?
ABABCDCDEFEFGG
400
Fill in the blank: "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of _____"
May
500
What does Benvolio vow to do for Romeo at the end of scene 1?
He vows to get Romeo to forget all about Rosaline.
500
Who gives the speech about Queen Mab?
Mercutio
500
Define "Parallelism."
A balance of similar phrases that have the same grammatical structure.
500
What's the rhyme scheme for a Petrarchan Sonnet?
ABBAABBACDCDCD or ABBAABBACDECDE
500
What is the following written in (what's the foot and how many feet): "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Day?"
Iambic Pentameter
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