poetic structure/meter
What is the rhythmic pattern called when each line has five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables?
What is iambic pentameter?
Define Soliloquy
what is a character speaks thoughts aloud alone on stage--often a long speech
What is the tone of this quote from Romeo and juliet?
Romeo: Tut, I have lost myself; I am not here;
This is not Romeo, he’s some other where.
lovesick, desperate, sad, emo
Define mood
What is how a story or text makes the READER FEEL
Explain the purpose of a colon:
What is one defining feature of an Elizabethan (Shakespearean) sonnet’s structure?
It has 14 lines divided into three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet.
protective (of his daughter with paris)
authoritative/loyal (of his household and wanting to fight)
proud/image obsessed (cares what his guests will think of him)
Define theme
what is the author's attitude toward a text or subject matter
What punctuation separates two independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb like however?
what is a semi colon
What is the name of the poetic device that marks a shift in attitude?
Define Dramatic Irony
what is when the audience knows something the characters do not
How do you determine the connotation of a word?
what is context clues
How can setting influence theme?
what is The environment shapes the conflict or mood, reinforcing the message.
How do you fix faulty parallelism in this sentence:
“The team researched endangered species, pollution, and they studied climate change.”
parallelism: items in a list or series must have the same grammatical structure).
what is: “The team researched endangered species, pollution, and climate change.”
In what poetic structure, if any, is the prologue written in?
What is iambic pentameter
Which character gives a monologue in Act 1 Scene 3 and what is it about?
who is the nurse and nothing but rambling about juliet and her age
What is the connotation and denotation of the following word:
'drip'
denotation: to let or let fall in drops
connotation: having fashion sense/a good outfit
What is the central idea of Act 1 in Romeo and Juliet that involves the consequences of long-standing family conflict?
What is the destructive nature of feuds
When using a colon, what must come before it?
An independent clause.
Define Scansion
The marking of stressed and unstressed syllables
Give an example of dramatic irony from Romeo and Juliet
- servant and guest list
- capulet party
- tybalt being angry at the party
- the realization theyre enemies
What is the connotation and denotation of this quote from act 1:
“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” – Romeo
connotation: she's beautiful, other worldly, etc.
Juliet's beauty is so exceptional it outshines all other light, making the torches appear dull in comparison. This is a metaphor and a moment of love at first sight for Romeo, establishing Juliet as a symbol of extraordinary beauty and a new standard of brightness and goodness in the play.
denotation: she makes the torches look brighter
In Act 1, the theme of fate is hinted at through Romeo’s premonitions. Which event most clearly foreshadows the tragic consequences of this theme?
What is Romeo feeling that something bad will happen before he goes to the Capulet party?
How can you improve sentence variety?
what is: by combining simple sentences using dependent clauses or coordinating/subordinating conjunctions while preserving the original meaning.