Literary Devices
Who Said It?
Let's Fight!
But, I Love You...
Verona
100
The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time
What is pun?
100
"Oh, he is acting just like Juliet! Blubbering and weeping, weeping and blubbering. Stand up. Be a man, for Juliet's sake."
Who is the Nurse?
100
These two families have a long-standing feud
Who are the Capulets and the Montagues?
100
Romeo's first love
Who is Rosaline?
100
The country where the play takes place
What is Italy?
200
"It seems she hangs upon check of night/Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear"
What is a simile?
200
"Such girls are more often ruined. All my other children have died. Juliet is the only child I have left. But woo her, gentle Paris. Get her heart."
Who is Lord Capulet?
200
Juliet's cousin who loves a good brawl
Who is Tybalt?
200
Asks Lord Capulet to wed Juliet in Act I
Who is Paris?
200
where Romeo meets Juliet the day after the masquerade ball
What is the Capulet orchard?
300
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a phrase
What is alliteration?
300
"Tybalt wanted to kill you, but you killed him. You are fortunate. The law that gave you death became your friend and gave you exile>"
Who is Friar Lawrence?
300
Romeo slays this nobleman when he enters the Capulet tomb
Who is Paris?
300
It is said she died from the grief of Romeo's banishment and death
Who is Lady Montague?
300
Friar Lawrence encourages Romeo to head here after his banishment from Verona
What is Mantua?
400
A literary device used to demonstrate a situation in which the audience members know more than the characters
What is dramatic irony?
400
"Give me some present counsel or behold, twixt my extremes ad me this bloody knife shall pay the umpire."
Who is Juliet?
400
Accused of killing Tybalt and banished from Verona by Prince Escalus
Who is Romeo?
400
Fall in love at first sight during the Capulet masquerade ball
Who is Romeo and Juliet?
400
The reason Friar John could not leave Verona to deliver a letter to Romeo?
What is the plague?
500
A speech delivered by a character alone on stage to allow people to know what he/she is thinking or feeling
What is a soliloquy?
500
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun."
Who is Romeo?
500
Orders peace between the families or those observed fighting will be punished by death
Who is Prince Escalus?
500
treats Romeo and Juliet as if they were his own children, even though he took a vow of celibacy
Who is Friar Lawrence?
500
the place where Romeo, Juliet, and Paris die
What is the Capulet tomb?
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