Literary Terms
Hey, who said that?
The Author
Character
Shakespearean Imagery Devices
100
Words spoken by a character to the audience or to another character that are not supposed to be overheard by others on stage
What is aside?
100
"Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Who is Juliet?
100
The Author
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
This is the character who cares for Juliet and has been there for her whole life.
Who is the Nurse?
100
'O, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!'
What is a metaphor?
200
A play on multiple meanings of a word OR words that sound alike but have different meanings
What is a pun?
200
"If ever you disturb out streets again, your lives shall pay for the forfeit of peace."
Who is the Prince?
200
The birth year of William Shakespeare
What is 1564?
200
This character tells Romeo to start searching for other girls since he is heartbroken.
Who is Mercutio?
200
''Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir."
What is personification?
300
A combination of two contradictory elements.
What is an oxymoron?
300
"In one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households' rancor to pure love."
Who is Friar Lawrence?
300
The Globe Theatre was constructed in this year.
What is 1599?
300
This character decides that Juliet is too young for marriage at the beginning of the play, and then decides to marry her near the end of the play.
Who is Capulet?
300
"My grave is like to be my wedding bed."
What is foreshadowing?
400
A long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses his/her thoughts aloud.
What is a soliloquy?
400
"I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped. Is he gone and hath nothing?"
Who is Mercutio?
400
This is the city in which the author was born in.
What is Stratford, England?
400
This character was supposed to deliver the news of Juliet's plan to Romeo.
Who is Friar John?
400
Romeo's speech before he drinks the poison, out side the tomb of Juliet.
What is soliloquy?
500
A fourteen-line poem -- usually written in iambic pentameter--- having a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet?
500
"Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?"
Who is Abram?
500
This item was left for his wife in his will.
What is his second best bed?
500
This character is Romeo's handyman at the end of the play.
Who is Balthazar?
500
The nurse finding Juliet 'dead' in her bedroom.
What is dramatic irony?
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