Poetry
Drama
Odyssey
Romeo and Juliet
Story Elements
100

What is a Stanza?

A Stanza is an arrangement of four or more lines, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme.

100

What is Theme?

Theme is a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.

100

Who is the god of the seas?

Poseidon.

100

Which characters die?

Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, and Lady Montague.

100

What is Direct Characterization?

Direct Characterization is the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets.

200

What is a Couplet?

A Couplet is a pair of successive lines of verse, especially when rhyming and the same length.

200

What is an Act?

Act is a part of a play defined by elements such as rising action, climax and resolution.

200

Who is the main character?

Odysseus.

200

How did Juliet die?

She committed suicide.

200

What is Indirect Characterization?

Indirect Characterization is the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions,appearance, etc.

300

What is a Quatrain?

A Quatrain is a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.

300

What is a Scene?

A Scene is a division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing what passes between certain of the actors in one place.

300

Who/what is he first monster that Odysseus fights? What type of monster was it?

Polydeuces, he was a cyclops.

300

Why did Juliet commit suicide?

She didn't want to live without Romeo.

300

What are Archetype Characters?

An archetype is a typical character, action, or situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature.

400

What is a Rhyme Scheme?

A Rhyme Scheme is the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to show scheme.

400

What is a Dialogue?

A Dialogue is a conversation between two or more persons.

400

Who was the king of the gods?

Zeuz.

400

Why did Friar Laurence agree to do the wedding?

He hoped it would bring the families together.

400

What is Figurative Language?

Figurative Language is language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.

500

What is En Medias Res?

En Medias Res means in the middle of the action.

500

What is a Monologue?

A Monologue is a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker, especially one dominating or monopolizing a conversation.

500

What two things came from chaos?

What came from them?

Darkness and Death. Then Love came from them.

500

Why was Romeo banished?

He killed Tybalt to avenge Mercutio's death.

500

What is Allusion?

Allusion is the act of alluding to or referencing to something.