Characters
This character acts as Romeo’s confidante. Romeo turns to him for advice and support.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
What penalty does Prince Escalus threaten if further violence breaks out between the Capulets and the Montagues?
Death to those who participate in the violence
What is dramatic irony?
Rewrite the sentence to make it parallel:
Our cockatiel, Zippy, has a pale yellow head, her body is gray, and a pinkish beak.
Our cockatiel, Zippy, has a pale yellow head, a gray body, and a pinkish beak.
“Juliet is the sun” is an example of what literary device?
What is metaphor?
This character sentences Romeo to exile or banishment after Romeo kills Tybalt.
Who is Prince Escalus?
What is Lady Capulet comparing Paris to in this excerpt?
Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face,
And find delight writ there with beauty’s pen;
Examine every married lineament,
And see how one another lends content;
And what obscured in this fair volume lies
Find written in the margent of his eyes.
Book
When a character says one thing that they do not actually mean
What characteristic makes an aside different from other types of dialogue?
It is addressed to the audience instead of characters
"Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir."
Identify the type of figurative language
Metaphor
This character wants Juliet to be happy. She first helps her be with Romeo then tells her to consider Paris.
Who is the Nurse?
After Tybalt’s death in Act III of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, how does the Prince punish Romeo?
Banishment
Identify the type of irony:
Keira finally answered the seven texts that her best friend had sent her to ask for help
painting her room this upcoming weekend. Keira had tried to think of a good reason to say no;
but she had no plans for the weekend, so any excuse she gave would be a lie. “Sure, I’ll help,”
she texted while sighing loudly and rolling her eyes. “Sounds like fun!”
Verbal Irony
Read the lines from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act I.
At my poor house look to behold this night / Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light.
Which words from these lines represent an oxymoron?
Dark Heaven Light
"The grey-eyed morning smiles on the frowning night"
Identify the type of figurative language.
Personification
This character is Romeo’s cousin and a peacemaker between the two families.
Who is Benvolio?
After he is wounded in Act III of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio says, “A plague o’ both your houses! / They have made worms’ meat of me.” What does he mean?
Curse on both the Capulets and the Montagues.
Identify the type of irony:
In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo finds his beloved
Juliet lying still in a tomb. He assumes that she has died. Heartbroken, he praises her beauty
and mourns for her in poetic language. All the while, the audience knows that Juliet is only
sleeping very deeply because of a potion she drank.
Dramatic Irony
Because Asha is my best friend, I agreed to let her use my car to run an errand. I told her
I had to leave for work at 5:00. She promised to be back by then. At 5:15, she still had not
returned. I was furious! Is this how she repays me for my kindness? Finally, at 5:30, she pulled
into the driveway. “I’m sorry I’m late,” she said. “I spent the whole afternoon at the tire shop.
One of your tires had a nail in it, and it was going flat. Don’t worry, though. I had it fixed for
you.” I felt ashamed of myself for not trusting my friend. I called my boss and told her I’d be a
little late because of car trouble.
What is the theme of this story?
Trust is an important part of friendship
"You are as glorious as heavenly angel"
Identify the type of figurative language.
Simile
This character is offended after seeing Romeo at the Capulet party. Instead of fighting Romeo there, he sends Romeo a letter and challenges him to a fight.
Who is Tybalt?
How would you describe the situation as Romeo speaks these lines in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene iii at Juliet's tomb?
Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet
Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,
And death’s pale flag is not advancèd there
Romeo believes Juliet is dead but notes she is as beautiful as when she is alive
When Juliet wakes up to see Romeo she smiles, but then he dies. What type of irony is this?
Situational Irony
Throughout all five acts of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, fate played an important role. Describe how fate had both a positive and negative effect on the plot?
Romeo and Juliet found love for a short time together, although this love ended in tragedy.
"Rise fair sun and kill the jealous moon, who is sick and pale with grief"
Identify the type of figurative language.
Personification