Literary Terms
Family Feud
Star-Crossed Lovers
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Everything Else
100
In a play, this is the term for a line a character speaks "in secret" to the audience.
An aside
100
These are the two feuding families
Montagues and Capulets
100
This is what Romeo and Juliet decide to do in secret about their love
have Friar Lawrence marry them
100
“O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art As glorious to this night, being o’er my head, As is a wingèd messenger of heaven”
Romeo
100
This character scolds Romeo for being so changeable in love.
Friar Lawrence
200
This moment is the turning point of the play.
When Romeo kills Tybalt
200
____ challenges Romeo to ____.
Tybalt, a duel
200
This character complains of aches and pains when delivering news to Juliet, making the girl impatient.
the Nurse
200
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet." _____ says this about ____, and it means ____.
Juliet, Romeo, he would still be her love even if he were not a Montague (his name is an accident of birth, not an essential part of him)
200
Lord Capulet arranges the immediate marriage of Paris and Juliet after this event.
Tybalt's death
300
The Nurse provides comic relief, a character added to a play for this reason.
provide relief from the tragedy
300
Romeo initially refuses to fight Tybalt for this reason.
He is now related to Tybalt by marriage.
300
This is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt.
banishing him from Verona forever
300
"Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" is an aside made by ____.
Romeo
300
This character discovers Juliet's supposed death.
the Nurse
400
When a character delivers a soliloquy, he or she...
expresses private thoughts to the audience
400
This is what the Prince will do to the families if they continue fighting.
execute them/punish them to death
400
Balthasar brings Romeo this news
Juliet has died
400
"If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
the Prince
400
This is the climax of the play
Juliet stabs herself and dies
500
Define dramatic irony
when the audience knows something that the character or characters on stage do not
500
This ends the feud between the families
Their children's deaths
500
This is where the star-crossed lovers first meet
the Capulets' feast
500
"How long is't now since last yourself and I Were in a mask?"
Capulet
500
This is the most important part of paraphrasing
understand the main idea of the original passage
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