a direct comparison showing one thing IS the other (SPELL IT!)
What is metaphor?
100
“An if a man did need a poison now,
Whose sale is present death in Mantua,
Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him.”
Who is the apothecary in the falling action?
100
the herald of the morn
What is the lark?
100
5
What is the number of acts in the play?
100
Susan
Who is the Nurses dead daughter?
200
a play on the multiple meanings of a single word, or word sound (ex: to lie down OR to tell a lie) (SPELL IT!)
What is P-U-N?
200
"Many a morning hath HE there been seen,
With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew."
Who is Romeo in exposition?
200
the ruler of Verona (both names)
Who is Prince Escalus?
200
These are the smaller subdivisions of acts that convey actions occurring in different settings at the same time, or with little time between.
What are scenes?
200
We died! (IN ORDER!)
Who is Mercutio, Tybalt, Lady Montague, Count Paris, Romeo, and Juliet?
300
2 characters placed in opposition to one another to accentuate one's characteristics (SPELL IT!)
What is D-R-A-M-A-T-I-C F-O-I-L?
300
"I think it best you married the County. O, he's a lovely gentleman."
Who is the Nurse in the falling action?
300
"Death is MY son-in-law; Death is my heir."
Who is Lord Capulet?
300
[Enter Servingman]
[Kisses Her]
[They Fight.]
What are stage directions?
300
the 3 elements of setting, and their specfics in this play
What is time, place, circumstance and 1400-1600s, Verona, Italy, feud between the families?
400
when the text refers to a cultural, historical, religious, literary, or mythological person or event (efffectivness is dependent on the audience's familiarity with reference) (SPELL IT!)
What is ALLUSION?
400
"And I, for winking at your discords too,
Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished."
Who is Prince Escalus in the resolution?
400
"More than prince of cats. O, [I am] the courageous
captain of compliments."
Who is Tybalt?
400
The Globe
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater?
400
an unaccustom dram
What is the apothecary's poison?
500
when 2 things, ideas, actions, or phrases that contradict or seem opposite of one another (SPELL IT!)
What is P-A-R-A-D-O-X?
500
"God gi’ good e’en. I pray, sir, can you
read?" (Because I cannot!)
Who is the Capulet servant?
500
"O, pardon ME for bringing these ill news,
Since you did leave it for my office, sir."
(SPELL IT!)
Who is B-A-L-T-H-A-S-A-R?
500
The name given to the lowest class of theater attendants, who stood in the center, heckled the actors, and often threw rotten produce at unlikable characters. The character of the Nurse was written in specifically to entertain them!
Who are the GROUNDLINGS?
500
the impetuousness of young love, generational conflict, moral struggle to do what's right, loyalty and revenge