Literary Devices
The grave in "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."
What is a pun?
The first sentence of your introduction...let's go fishing.
What is a hook?
A character whose traits and actions oppose those of another character.
Who is a foil?
An iamb can also be called this...we have a left one and a right one.
What is a foot?
Indicated the movement or position of an actor
What are stage directions?
The reference to Aurora in:
"But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
Should in the farthest east begin to draw
The shady curtain from Aurora’s bed."
What is an allusion?
The type of hook you should probably use when starting your essay.
What is a question?
In Romeo and Juliet, this fiery character acts as Benvolio's foil.
Who is Tybalt?
An iamb or foot consists of two of these, the first unstressed, the next stressed.
What are syllables?
A short comment or remark made by a character in a play or narrative, intended to be heard by the audience while being unheard by the other characters on stage
What is an aside?
""Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health..."
What are oxymorons?
The last sentence of your introduction and what you will be arguing and trying to support in your entire essay.
What is your thesis?
In Shakespearean plays, his high-ranking characters spoke in this.
What is blank verse?
In iambic pentameter, each line consists of this many syllables.
What are ten?
In Romeo and Juliet, this character misunderstood something in the final scene, thus leading to the deaths of both title characters.
Who is Romeo?
"She's not well married that lives married long. But she's not best married that dies married young."
What is parallel structure?
Minimally, the number of paragraphs you should have in your essay.
What is four?
Shakespeare's low-rankings characters spoke in this, just regular old everyday, unmetered language.
What is prose?
Iambic pentameter also has this many feet in each line.
What is five?
An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
What is a soliloquy?
Juliet's line early on "My grave is like to be my wedding bed."
What is foreshadowing?
The minimum number of pieces of quoted textual evidence you should use in each body paragraph.
What is two?
In Romeo and Juliet, his idealism and hope to bring peace to Verona is his tragic flaw.
Who is Friar Laurence?
The pattern of syllables in a line in iambic pentameter is called this...it's a little more than a yard.
What is a meter?
Many of Shakespearean characters believed their destiny was determined by these bright bodies.
What are the stars?