Literary Terms
Significant Quotes
Comprehension
Applied Literary Terms
Miscellaneous
100
a humorous scene to relieve the tension of a serious situation
What is comic relief?
100
"Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day. It was the nightingale, and not the lark" Who is the speaker?
Who is Juliet?
100
What makes Juliet so upset that she can't stop crying and talks about killing herself?
What is Juliet wants to be with Romeo, but he is banished and she if forced to marry Paris.
100
What literary element is used in the following quote: "O happy dagger!"?
What is personification?
100
What is climax?
What is the highest point in the plot?
200
unrhymed iambic pentameter
What is blank verse?
200
"Hang thee, young baggage. Disobedient wretch. I tell thee what--get thee to a church on Thursday or never after look me in the face." Who is speaking? What is this person saying?
Who is Lord Capulet. He tells Juliet she must marry Paris or he will disown her.
200
Why does Romeo go to the apothecary?
What is "to get poison"
200
What literary element is used in the following quote: 'What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"?
What is a metaphor?
200
"Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone-And yet no farther than a wanton's bird, that lets it hop a little from her hand." Who is the speaker? What is the meaning of the quote?
Who is Juliet? She wants Romeo to be her pet bird. She doesn't want him to be able to stray too far.
300
hints or clues that tell the reader what might happen next
What is foreshadowing?
300
"My only love, sprung from my only hate!? Too early seen unknown, and know too late!" Who is the speaker? To what is he/she referring?
Who is Juliet? She is speaking about how she fell in love with Romeo before she knew he was her family's enemy.
300
How does Juliet die?
What is "she stabs herself with a dagger"
300
What literary element is in the following quote: "Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth, lies festering in his shroud."?
What is imagery?
300
Giving an inanimate object a human quality.
What is personification?
400
two characters that serve to show opposing qualities
What is a foil?
400
"A pair of star crossed lovers take their life whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death marked love and the continuance of their parents' rage, which, but their children's end naught could remove." What is the meaning of this passage?
What is Lovers will kill themselves to end the feud. The feud could only be ended by the death.
400
Why does Romeo go to the Capulet's feast at the beginning of the play?
What is "to see Rosaline"
400
What literary element is used in the following quote: "O brawling love, O loving hate! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!"
What is oxymoron?
400
What is Friar Laurence's plan for Juliet?
What is she will drink the potion that makes her seem dead and the friar will send Romeo a letter with directions. Romeo will rescue Juliet from the tomb, and they will be together.
500
a speech given onstage by a lone character
What is a soliloquy?
500
"The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb. What is her burying grave that is her womb" What is the significance of this passage?
What is the earth gives birth to plants and buries dead bodies.
500
What kind of character is Nurse to Juliet?
What is a motherly type who is brash, but she takes care of Juliet.
500
What does it mean to be fickle?
What is changing in affection?
500
What causes Juliet to drink the vial?
What is "she fears her Tybalt's ghost who is looking for Romeo."
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