Vocabulary
To feel extreme hatred or loathing toward something.
What is Abhor?
This "Prince of Cats" is Juliet’s hot-headed cousin who loathes the Montagues.
Who is Tybalt?
This protagonist spends years walking across Africa as one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan.
Who is Salva?
A direct comparison between two unlike things that does not use "like" or "as."
What is a Metaphor?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a Semicolon?
This word describes someone who is abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. (
What is Emaciated?
Romeo’s witty friend who famously says, "A plague o' both your houses!" before dying.
Who is Mercutio?
This young girl spends her days walking back and forth to a pond to fetch water for her family.
Who is Nya?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things, like "the sun smiled down."
What is Personification?
You should place a comma between these types of adjectives if they can be reversed or have "and" placed between them.
What are Coordinate Adjectives?
Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way; often used to describe the "rage" in the Romeo & Juliet prologue.
What is Pernicious?
The character who agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet in hopes of ending the family feud.
Who is Friar Lawrence?
This relative of Salva provides leadership and protection to the group before being killed by rebels.
Who is Uncle Jewiir?
A play on words, often using a word that has two meanings; Shakespeare uses these constantly for "comic relief."
What is a Pun?
According to your study guide, this is the minimum number of pieces of textual evidence you should provide in an open-ended response.
What is Two?
To make something greater by adding to it; to increase.
What is to Augment?
This character serves as Juliet’s mother figure and messenger, though she eventually advises Juliet to marry Paris.
Who is The Nurse?
Salva’s friend who is tragically killed by a lion during their journey through the land of the Atuot people.
Who is Marial?
When the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not.
What is Dramatic Irony?
This punctuation mark is used to introduce a list or a long formal quotation.
What is a Colon?
A person’s social standing or a state of peace and rest.
What is Repose?
This character is the kinsman to the Prince who wants to marry Juliet and is eventually killed by Romeo at the tomb.
Who is Paris?
This is the name of the dangerous, crocodile-infested river the group is forced to cross.
What is the Gilo River?
A recurring element, image, or idea that repeats throughout a literary work to help develop a theme.
What is a Motif?
When answering a text-based question, you should always start by doing these two things to the prompt.
What are Restating and Answering?