Which character most often serves as the comic relief in Romeo & Juliet?
the Nurse
100
What is poetry?
A type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings or tells a story in a specific form
100
John Steinbeck was best known for his ability to write about what?
The struggles of the common man.
100
14th century Verona, Italy.
What is the setting of the play (must name time and place)?
200
A man is standing in a snowbank and says, "I just can't take this heat any longer!"
This is an example of what type of irony?
verbal irony
200
What is an allusion?
A brief reference within a work to something outside the work that the reader or audience is expected to know
200
What is the term used for describing the appearance of the words in a poem on the page?
Form
200
Who is the only family member of Lennie's mentioned in the story?
Aunt Clara
200
Name something that's told to the audience in the Prologue of Act 2:
length of the play, the fate of the characters, the introduction of the family feud
300
Odysseus returns home and speaks to his friends and countrymen in disguise as a beggar. This is an example of what type of irony?
Dramatic irony
300
Define tragedy.
A drama that ends in catastrophe, most often death, for the main(usually noble) character(s).
300
What is the term used to describe the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem?
Rhythm
300
Why are George and Lennie different from the other “guys like [them] that work on ranches”?
Each has the other to look out for him.
300
In this excerpt from Romeo & Juliet, what poetic device is Shakespeare using?:
“The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night/Check’ring the Eastern clouds with streaks of light.”
personification - "The grey-eyed morn smiles"
400
Name a pronoun you would find in a work written from second person point of view.
You or yours
400
A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work is called ...
a foil
400
What is a refrain?
A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem
400
What is foreshadowing?
A warning or indication of a future event
400
Before the party, Lady Capulet encourages Juliet to look fondly on Paris by describing him using the image of a...
book
500
True or False.
If a statement is implied, the author states it directly and clearly for the reader.
False. If a statement is implied, the author does not state it clearly but rather suggests it to the reader in his/her writing.
500
The majority of Shakespeare’s plays were written in lines that ideally have five unstressed syllables, each followed by a stressed syllable. This type of meter is called:
iambic pentameter
500
Metaphors and similes are two types of:
figurative language and analogies
500
What is Curley's wife's name?
It is never given in the book.
500
When Romeo sees Juliet's body in the tomb, what is he surprised by that he comments on (think...dramatic irony...)
that she is still fair and has color in her lips and cheeks