MLA Format
Lit Terms
Romeo and Juliet Characters
Romeo and Juliet
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This protects the paper's author from being accused of plagiarism.
What are in text citations?
100
Dramatic, Situational, and Verbal.
What are the three different types of irony?
100
This character doesn't like to fight and tries to keep the peace between other characters.
Who is Benvolio?
100
Drinks poison and dies.
Who is Romeo?
100
The word "fanboys" helps us remember this type of speech.
What are conjunctions?
200
This sentences in usually in the introduction paragraph and tells the reader the purpose of your paper.
What is a thesis statement.
200
Examples would be; jumbo shrimp, brilliant failure, honest lie
What is an oxymoron.
200
This character raised Juliet and just wants her to be happy.
Who is the nurse?
200
Has knowledge of herbs and plants.
Who is the friar?
200
To be a complete sentence, there needs to be these.
What is a subject and a verb?
300
When you put someone else's research in your own words.
What is paraphrasing.
300
Two characters that are developed to contrast each other.
What are foils.
300
This character hates the idea of peace and always wants to fight.
Who is Tybalt?
300
Believes Juliet should forget about Romeo and marry Paris.
Who is the nurse?
300
This type of participle tells what the verb did.
What is a past participle?
400
The last page of your research paper where you document your sources.
What is a works cited page.
400
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a simile
400
This character cursed the two houses with a plague in response to his dying.
Who is Mercutio?
400
Mercutio, Paris, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, Lady Montague.
Who all died?
400
This the word for when you add "ing" to a noun. ex: read = reading
What is a gerund?
500
The author's last name and page number, or the first few words of the article title.
What information you need to put in your citation in your paper.
500
"I hate tacos," said no Juan ever, is an example of
What is a pun?
500
This character said, "Younger than her are happier mothers made!"
Who is Paris.
500
ABRAHAM: Do you bit your thumb at us, sir? SAMPSON: (to Gregory so Abraham can’t hear) Is the law of our side, if I say ay? GREGORY: No. SAMPSON: No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.
What is comic relief?
500
This type of phrase modifies the noun and gives us a better description of what it is like. ex: The cheap for comfortable hotel rooms made a pleasant stay.
What is an adjective phrase?