violent delights; honorable villain; beautiful tyrant; jumbo shrimp; fine mess...
all examples of...
What is oxymoron
100
This character is a nice guy. She wants peace in Verona. He tries to stop Romeo from going after Tybalt.
Who is Benvolio?
100
"O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Who is Juliet?
200
The number of quatrains in a sonnet
What is 3?
200
The major conflict for the main characters
What is
external: forbidden love because of the feud
internal: tragic flaws that lead to demise
200
(Tybalt's face) pales as ashes; (Juliet's purity) whiter than snow; (Juliet's death) like an untimely frost on a flower...
these are all...
What is simile?
200
These two characters work very hard to make Romeo and Juliet happy.
Who are Nurse & Friar Laurence?
200
"Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."
Who is Friar Laurence?
300
The rhyme scheme in a Shakespearean sonnet
What is
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG?
300
The reason Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt
What is love?
300
When a character speaks to a character who is not present or to an idea/object (Juliet asks the night to come) this is called
What is apostrophe?
300
This character is a part of neither family. He wants the fighting to end, and he is fair.
Who is Prince Escalus?
300
"Come civil night, Thou sober-suited matron all in black. And learn me how to lose a winning match."
Who is Juliet?
400
The rhythm pattern of a sonnet is ___________ ___________
What is iambic pentameter?
400
The reason why Friar John doesn't deliver a massage to Romeo about the plan
What is he had been mistakenly quarantined for having the plague?
400
When a character speaks to the audience, and no other character is intended to hear.
What is aside?
400
He is controlling and has to have his way.
Who is Lord Capulet?
400
"You will marry early Thursday morn
the gallant, young, and noble gentleman, County Paris."
Who is Lady Capulet?
500
Number of syllables in an iamb
What is 2?
500
The two things Juliet fears about taking the potion...
must know both!
What is
1)the potion will really kill her
2) she will wake up in tomb surrounded by dead people and no one will come to get her
500
Juliet refers to the sun god (Phaeton) to make a point that she wants to the sun to set faster.
Referring to a character, place, event in order to make a point (Don't be a Scrooge) is called
What is allusion?
500
The people who die in R&J
Must name them all
Who are Romeo, Juliet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Tybalt, and Paris?
500
"...tomb of death,
Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,
Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open
And in despite I'll cram thee with more food."