Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Act III, Scene 1
Act III, Scenes 2-3
Miscellaneous
100

A sword fight to defend someone's honor

duel

100

You are sweet like sugar

simile

100

Which CAPULET is killed in the scene?

Tybalt

100

What does Juliet learn in Scene 2?

She learns that Tybalt is dead and Romeo is banished

100

What family does Romeo belong to?

Montague

200

To be jealous

envious

200

The branches of the tree danced in the wind

personification

200

Why does Romeo not want to fight Tybalt?

Because they are family.

200

Where is Romeo hiding?

At the church

200

What comes at the beginning of the play and gives the audience information?

PROLOGUE

300

To do something well, to be good at something

skilled

300
The clouds were balls of cotton (algodon) in the sky.

metaphor

300

Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt?

Because Tybalt is insulting Romeo and Romeo will not fight

300

What will Romeo do that night?

He will go see Juliet using the rope ladder.

300

Vocabulary: Something that can make you sick or kill you is ___.

poisonous
400

To send someone away as punishment

banish or exile

400

I have a million things to do today

hyperbole

400

What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?

He is banished from Verona.

400

What city will Romeo escape to?

Mantua

400

What is the importance of Friar Lawrence and the Nurse in the play?

They help and guide young Romeo and Juliet.

500

Indecisive, unsure

wavering

500

When someone says their thoughts and feeling out loud, even if no one is listening

soliloquy

500

What does Lady Capulet want the Prince to do?

She wants him to kill Romeo

500

What will Friar Lawrence do?

He will tell the families about the marriage to unite the families. Then he will ask the Prince to pardon Romeo.

500
Name two characters that are OPPOSITES of each other.

Tybalt / Benvolio

Mercutio/ Romeo

Lady Capulet/ Nurse

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