R+J Definitions
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Poetry Main Ideas
R+J Main Ideas
Research Main Ideas
100

What is "contradictory words with different meanings to describe one thing"?

Oxymoron

100

What kind of source is an autobiography?

Primary 

100

Identify the type of poetry: lyric poem of mourning, usually over the death of a person. Solemn or melancholy in tone.

Elegy 

100

How can Tybalt tell Romeo is a Montague?

His voice 

100

What "provides raw information and first-hand evidence"?

Primary Source 

200

What is "speaking one's thoughts aloud"?

Soliloquy 

200

What kind of source is a biography?

Secondary 

200

Identify the type of rhyme: Words that are spelled the same but don’t rhyme. E.g. prove, love

Sight Rhyme 

200

Juliet says that Romeo is not her enemy. What is?

His last name/Montague 

200

What "provides secondary information and commentary from other researchers"?

Secondary Information 

300

What is "a long speech by one person during a conversation"

Monologue

300

What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?

Banishment to Mantua 

300

Identify the foot and meter: 

5 feet (10 syllables) of unstressed and stressed syllables. 

Iambic Pentameter 

300

How long will the potion in the vial last on Juliet?

42 hours

300

The News: Primary or Secondary?

Secondary 

400

What is "the audience knows more than the characters?


Dramatic Irony 

400

What is "repetition of vowel sounds in closely grouped words (inane complaints)"?

Assonance 

400

Identify the device: I all alone beweep my outcast state, and trouble deaf heaven…

Personification 

400

Why did Juliet's parents want her to get married according to Friar Lawrence?

To climb the social ladder/to gain popularity. NOT to be happy. 

400

Provide ONE important thing to remember when reading and taking notes for research?

1. Know what info you need: keep it relevant

2. Evaluate sources

3. Add your sources to a WC page (don't lose links) 

4. Read effectively

5. Take notes (paraphrase when necessary/applicable) 

500

What is "talking to yourself. The audience hears, but the other characters do not"?

Aside

500

What form of poetry is described as "unrhymed iambic pentameter. (10 syllables, like a heartbeat)"

Blank Verse 

500

Identify the device: 

She grabs hold of a step to get up and sticks out the other foot and slides about six inches and falls and skins her knee. 

And then, you know what? 

Rhetorical Question/Volta

500

Why could Friar John not deliver the letter of the plan to Romeo in Mantua?

He was in quarantine with the other friars. 

500

What does the "R" stand for in the CRAAP test?

Relevance