Characters
Who are the 2 families that are fighting?
The Montagues & the Capulets
Who does Romeo fall in love with at first sight?
Juliet
What has Romeo been doing every morning?
Crying & sighing near the woods
What's a simile?
Comparing 2 things using "like" or "as"
"Borrow Cupid's wings"
allusion
Who are the 2 families' children?
Romeo & Juliet
How old is Juliet?
13
Who does Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry?
Paris
What's a metaphor?
Comparing 2 things without using "like" or "as"
"cold fire, sick health, bright smoke"
oxymoron
Who rules over the city of Verona?
The Prince
Who was Romeo originally in love with?
Rosaline
Where does the servingman invite Romeo?
To the Capulets' feast
What's personification?
Giving human traits/characteristics to non-human things
"He bears him like a portly gentleman"
Simile
Who is Juliet's cousin?
Tybalt
Where is the story set?
Verona
Who goes to the party with Romeo?
Benvolio & Mercutio
What's an allusion?
Referencing something that exists outside of the text
"He's a man of wax"
Metaphor
Who is Romeo's best friend?
Mercutio
Who bites his thumb to start the brawl?
Sampson
Who wants Juliet to get married (2 people) & who doesn't (1 person)?
Lady Capulet & the Nurse do, Capulet doesn't
What's an oxymoron?
2 opposing/contradictory things (opposites) put together/combined
"When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter tread"
personification