plot & play
The first part of the plot pyramid that is focused on establishing setting and character
What is the exposition?
A character does not change throughout the course of a story
What is a static character?
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
The character whom Juliet's parents have arranged for her to marry
Ms. Weber's sister's name
Who is Maddie?
Humorous scenes inserted in tragic or serious dramas that provide emotional relief from the play’s weighty issues, often providing an alternative perspective on the serious issues of the play
What is comic relief?
The five ways in which an author can indirectly characterize a character
Hint: STEAL
What are speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, & looks?
The social or implied meanings of a word and the emotions it evokes
What is connotation?
The woman whom Romeo is lovesick over at the play's beginning
Who is Rosaline?
The collection of texts that have been deemed absolutely essential and have historically been studied, often faulted for having a lack of diverse representation amongst authors
What is the literary canon?
Often referred to as the denouement, wrapping up the story but not always providing a happy ending
What is the resolution?
The character in Fences who delusionally believes they can defeat the personified version of death
Who is Troy?
Imagery that appeals to taste
What is gustatory imagery?
Shakespeare lived during this monarchical era
What is the Elizabethan era?
The central message, insight, or idea of a work
What is a theme?
The part of the plot that complicates the situation presented in the exposition/inciting incident and builds tension
What is the rising action?
A character that highlights or emphasizes another character’s traits through contrast or juxtaposition.
What is a foil?
The violent word choice Juliet uses to describe how she had just spoken about her husband in 3.2
What is "mangled"?
The decade in which Shakespeare was born
+100 points for the exact year
What are the 1560's?
+100 for 1564
MLA in-text parenthetical citation for Act 1, Scene 2, lines 3-4)
A short remark, typically to themselves and heard by the audience
+100 points if you can remember Ms. Weber's aside from her 2nd grade theatre career
What is an aside?
+100 points for what is "Shorter lines"
The six characters who die in Romeo and Juliet
Who are Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Lady Montague, Romeo, and Juliet?
language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery?
The thing Juliet compares her tears to in 3.2
What is a stream or river flowing against its proper course towards the wrong larger body of water?
Gren's full name from Gren's Ghost
+100 points if you can identify the text that this name alludes to
Who is Grendel?
+100 for What is Beowulf?