Act 1 + 2
How old is Juliet?
What is 13, nearly 14? (Either are acceptable)
Why did Romeo kill Tybalt?
What is Tybalt killed Mercutio?
Who is the first person to die in Act 5, and how?
Who is Paris, killed by Romeo.
A type poetic foot made up of two syllables: an unstressed syllable and a stressed one. For example:
avoid.
What is an iamb?
What city is Romeo and Juliet primarily set in?
What is Verona, Italy.
How does Juliet plan to avoid the marriage to Paris?
What is take poison to fake her death?
Who is the second person to die in Act 5, and how?
Who is Romeo, by poison?
A line that using three metrical feet is called a _____ meter.
What is trimeter.
When Romeo first sees Juliet at the balcony he compares her to the _____.
What is the sun?
Where does Romeo go in his banishment?
What is Mantua?
Who is the third person to die in Act 5, and how?
Who is Juliet, by stabbing herself.
A poetic foot using three syllables: A stressed followed by two unstressed.
Example: Poetry
What is a Dactyl.
A dramatic monologue performed alone on stage, which shares the characters thoughts to the audience.
What is a soliloquy?
For what purpose did Romeo attend Capulet's party in Act 1?
What is find another girl for Romeo so he could get over Rosaline?
What day does Capulet move the wedding to?
What is Wednesday?
Near the end of Act 5, there is one character who is revealed to have died that day off stage. Who is that character?
Who is Lady Montague?
The following two lines of poetry are using what poetic meter?
Should you ask me, whence these stories?
Whence these legends and traditions,
(___________ ____________meter)
What is Trochaic tetrameter?
A feeling of emotional release that comes from intense emotions, like one might experience watching a tragic play.
What is catharsis?
What does Friar Lawrence hope the marriage between Romeo and Juliet will achieve?
What is end the hatred between the two houses?
In Act 3, Scene 5, Romeo and Juliet arguing about what type of bird they hear singing. What two birds are they arguing between, and why does it matter which type of bird it is?
What is the nightingale and the lark, which represents night and morning?
What reason does the Friar's messenger give for not reaching Romeo in time?
What is delayed because he was in contact with a possible infection?
What poetic meter do the following two lines use?
’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house /
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
What is Anapestic Tetrameter?
Fill in the blank: a Shakespearean Sonnet is made up of Three ________ and a concluding _____________.
What is Three Quatrains and a Couplet?