Act 1
Act 1 scene 1: Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene?
the servants of the Capulets and the Montagues
Act 2 scene 1: Why is Juliet worried that they find Romeo in her house?
Because if they find him, they will kill him
What is the acronym we use for analyzing poetry?
TPCASTT
The name of Shakespeare's wife?
Act 1 scene 1: Why is Romeo so sad?
Rosaline doesn't love him back.
Act 1 scene 3: What does Lady Capulet then tell Juliet when she said that she doesn't want to get married?
That many kids get married and have kids at her age, even Lady Capulet, and she is to go to the party and look at Paris
Act 2 scene 1: What is Romeo’s new problem?
That he loves a Capulet
By the time you finish reading a poem, you should be able to answer what question?
The "so what?" question
Name of the theater Shakespeare was the major investor of, built by Lord Chamberlain's Men; AND what happened to it?
The Globe Theater; burned down during production of Henry VIII
To move on and find a new gir
Act 1 scene 5: What does Romeo think of Juliet when he firsts see's her?
That he "has not seen true beauty till this night"
He forgets all about Rosaline and is immediately in love
Act 2 scene 2: Juliet asks Romeo not to swear by the moon...why is she afraid of this?
The moon constantly changes and she doesn't want Romeo's feelings to change
An expression that carries a different meaning because of the context in which it is used
an idiom
language in which Shakespeare wrote?
Early Modern English
Act 1 scene 2: What does Paris ask of Capulet?
Juliet's hand in marriage
Act 1 scene 5: How does Romeo find out about Juliet's name?
He asks the Nurse who her mother is and she tells him
Act 2 scene 2: What is the only way that Juliet will give herself to Romeo?
If they get married
A reference to a person, event, or place in history or in another well-known work of literature
an allusion
A pair of characters who are opposite in many ways and highlight or exaggerate each other’s differences
dramatic foil
Go to the Capulet's party
What do Romeo and Juliet decide to do to show their true love to one another?
Get married
At what time will Juliet send her Nurse to Romeo?
9am
moving over from one line (of poetry) to another without a terminating punctuation mark
enjambment
A fourteen line poem using iambic pentameter and the following rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg.
a sonnet