What is one example of an oxymoron in act 1, and why is it used?
Cold fire.... etc. To show that Romeo has mixed feelings about love, and he doesn't want to love someone who doesn't love him back.
Examples on pg. 381-382 (170-178).
Who is Juliet's cousin?
Tybalt (or Rosaline)
"Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health/
Still-waking sleep, that it is not what it is!/ This love feel I that feel no love in this.
Romeo
Which lines of the prologue are a couplet?
The last two
What are two rhyming lines back-to-back?
Rhyming couplet
Romeo uses a simile to say that he's like a flower that can't grow. Why is Romeo like a flower that can't grow at the beginning of the play?
Rosaline doesn't love him back.
A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
Quatrain
When Romeo and Juliet first kissed, what did they compare their hands to?
praying hands of saints
What figurative language is this an example of?
"Love is a smoke."
Metaphor
Who breaks up the fight between the Capulets and the Montagues?
Prince Escalus
Who invited Romeo and his friends to the party?
A servant (Peter)
According to the Prologue, name one of the words/phrases used to describe Romeo and Juliet's love. (two choices)
"star-crossed" or "death-marked"
What is the rhyme scheme of the prologue?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG