Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a…
Tragedy
The roads in the poem, “The Road Not Taken” symbolize
choices in life
What was the term given to people during the 1950s who wore black clothing, a French beret, wrote poetry, and met in coffee houses?
Beatnik
“A comparison by stating that one object actually is something else”
Simile
Romeo’s tragic flaw is what?
He is quick to make decisions without thinking
In the story “Going Back Home” Toyomi Igus learned of her heritage by:
Listening to Family Stories
Which of the following was an important event that influenced music during the 1960s?
Vietnam War
“The repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words in the same line” defines which term?
Alliteration
Romeo did not receive the message from Friar Lawrence that Juliet was not really dead because…
The messenger was quarantined
The main idea of the article, “I was a Teenage Ingenue” is:
some teenagers have interests other than make-up and fun quizzes
Flappers, bobby-soxers, beatniks, surfers, and hippies chose to NOT follow what?
The “status quo”
Dramatic irony is what?
When the audience knows something that some characters in the play do not
Why was Romeo banished?
For killing Tybalt
What characteristic would best be attributed to Laetitia’s mother?
pride
Jazz is one of the most influential genres in music history. Where did it get its roots?
Africa
Giving non-living things human characteristics describes which poetic device
Personification
What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do after Romeo has been banished?
Act as if Romeo is dead and marry Paris
The poem, “The Road Not Taken” begins with the line: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” What does diverged mean?
connected
They bleached their hair blonde and drove wooden station wagons:
Surfer
“Experience teaches us best through tumbles, twists and twirls” is an example of:
Alliteration