Key words
What do we call the main character of a text?
Protagonist
What do we call a describing word?
Adjective
Who is Juliet's cousin?
Tybalt
Who wants to swear their love by the moon?
Romeo
What do we call the opening of a play that sets out what will happen?
Prologue
What do we call it when you compare using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Who wants to marry Juliet?
Paris
Who is described as a 'saint' as part of the repeated use of the semantic field of religion?
Juliet
What do we call when an author drops hints about what may happen later in the text?
foreshadowing
What do we call it when you say that one thing is something else?
Metaphor
Who says 'my will to her consent is but a part'?
Lord Capulet
Who says 'my only love sprung from my only hate'?
Juliet
What do we call it when the audience knows something the characters don't?
dramatic irony
What do we call giving an innanimate object human characteristics?
Personification
Who does Romeo love before meeting Juliet?
Rosaline
Who says they will give up their name?
Both
What is a society dominated by men?
patriarchal society
What do we call it when the weather in a story reflects the mood?
Pathetic fallacy
Which character has a name meaning 'good'?
Benvolio
Who has more power in their relationship? Hint - society
Romeo