Romeo and Juliet
This character is not on either side of the feud, but threatens the Montagues and Capulets if they fight again.
Prince
Imagery is...
Anything that can be percieved with the five senses. AKA Sensory Language.
An extreme overexaggeration is called a...
Hyperbole
Bobby was irate with Sally after she stole his chocolate milk at lunch.
angry, upset, infuriated
Identify the subject: The gods were gathered on Mount Olympus.
gods
The primary conflict in Romeo and Juliet is...
That they can't be together because their families are feuding.
"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of...
Alliteration
"Cold fire" is an example of...
Oxymoron
There was a rift between Bobby and Sally after the incident at lunch on that tragic day.
split, break, breach
Choose the possessive pronoun: there, their, they're
their
Which of Romeo's friends is characterized as more sarcastic and less peaceful?
Mercutio
The repetition of vowel sounds in nonrhyming words is called...
Assonance
"Tears can't buy my mercy" is an example of...
Personification
The chess master's opening feint gave her an immediate advantage.
trick, bluff, a deceptive movement
Identify the direct object: Odysseus and his men ate the sun god's cattle.
cattle
Romeo and Juliet takes place in...
Verona, Italy
The reader's feeling about a work of writing is called...
Mood
"I've been shot with Cupid's arrow" is an example of...
Allusion
Intrepid sailors in small canoes on a vast ocean were the first humans to reach the Hawaiian Islands.
brave, fearless, unshakable
Identify the object of the preposition: Calypso, a great goddess, had trapped Odysseus on her island.
island
What happens in the falling action of Romeo and Juliet?
The feud is ended.
Describing the feelings associated with a word is this term.
Connotation
A word or phrase that can't be understood by the definition of the words alone.
Idiom
unreasonable, without reason or logic, silly, meaningless
What type of sentence is this: "Tell me about a complicated man; tell me how Odysseus wandered and was lost."
Imperative