Vocab Examples
Angel, Hero, Joker, Mentor, etc.
Archetype
Simile
Attention seeking, unpredictable, theatrical, crass, sarcastic, mercurial
Mercutio
In the following statement, what best describes Mercutio’s tone?
“No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve.”
Sarcastic.
Choose the scene that demonstrates a soliloquy.
1. Juliet talking about Romeo right after they meet
2. Romeo talking about Juliet right after they meet
3. Juliet expressing her fears about taking the potion
4. Romeo speaking when he sees Juliet in the tomb
“There is no world without Verona walls, / But purgatory, torture, hell itself. (3.3.17-18)
Hyperbole.
Clues the author provides about events to come in the text
Foreshadowing.
Peacemaker, trustworthy, kind, pacifist
Benvolio
What claim is Juliet making when she speaks these lines? “What is in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.”
It doesn't matter that Romeo is a Montague. It doesn't change who he is as a person.
How does Romeo find out that Juliet has “died”?
Balthasar tells him.
Wise-eyed Athena; courageous Odysseus
Epithet
Contrast between what is expected and what actually happens in a story
Comical, crass, kind, oblivious, caring
Nurse
In the line "Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word", what does "airy" mean?
Trivial/unimportant
What mistake did Romeo make that caused Mercutio’s death?
Came between Mercutio and Tybalt
“Love is a smoke rais’d with the fume of sighs.”
Metaphor.
To call or ask for support to the muses or other deity.
Invocation .
Extremely passionate, sensitive, determined, unlucky
Romeo
In the line “I’ll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange. I should have been more strange, I must confess”, what word would BEST replace "strange"?
Coy.
What main idea is shared between Juliet’s speech in III. II 76-88 and Romeo’s speech in I. I 169-181?
Beauty and love can hide evil things.
“ Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes.”
Pun
A contradicting statement that combines a pair of opposite terms.
Oxymoron.
Diplomatic, authoritative, unbiased, eloquent
Prince
What does Romeo compare Juliet to in their shared sonnet in Act 1, Scene 5?
A holy shrine.
What is the last thing Juliet ever says to Romeo (while he is still alive)? (Act III, Scene V).
"Oh god I have an ill divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb"