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Vocabulary Review
Romeo and Juliet
Literary Terms
Miscellaneous
Odyssey
100
Overbearing pride or presumption
What is Hubris
100
In the beginning of Romeo and Juliet who was Romeo "in love"with?
Who is Rosaline
100
A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
What is an anecdote
100
Comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.
What is Comic relief
100
Who wrote the Odyssey?
Who is Holmer
200
A standard or typical example (model)
What is paradigm
200
Who agrees to have Paris marry Juliet
Who is Lord Capulet
200
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter, that rhyme
What is a Couplet
200
In the beginning of "Of Mice and Men" what did Lenny have in his pocket?
What is a mouse
200
What happened after Odysseus' dog Argos, saw him?
What is the death of Argos
300
Mutual and given or preformed in return
What is reciprocal
300
Who finds Juliet "dead" in her bed?
Who is the Nurse
300
Character who contrasts with another character, it is usuallly the protagonist.
What is Foil
300
Whose Roman name is Bacchus?
Who is Dionysus.
300
How long is Odysseus gone from Ithaca?
What is 20 years
400
Clearly amusing in tone
What is facetious
400
How many deaths occurred in Romeo and Juliet?
What is 6 people
400
Is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.
What is Motif
400
Who was Shakespeare's patron?
Who is Earl of Southampton.
400
What does the idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis mean?
What is between two dangers or in a lose-lose situation.
500
Having unlimited power
What is omnipotent
500
What day did Romeo and Juliet stated on? What day did it end?
What is started on Sunday and ended on Thursday
500
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel, non rhyming, and is close together to make it sound like an echo.
What is an assonance
500
How do you read a sonnet?
4-first 4 lines 4- the next 4 4-the the next four 2-lastly the last 2 (couplet)
500
Who is the first suitor to be killed?
Who is Antinous