Who am I?
I am Romeo’s cousin and good friend. In Act 1, Lady Montague and Montague come to me to ask Romeo why he has been so sad.
Who is Benvolio
What figurative language is a comparison between two different things or concepts used to explain or clarify a complex idea by highlighting their similarities?
Analogy
How is Capulet giving Paris permission to marry Juliet an example of dramatic irony?
Capulet does not know that Juliet is already married
Capulet does not know that Juliet is upset because of Romeo's banishment not Tybalt's death
Capulet believes that marrying Paris will cheer Juliet up
As Romeo overhears Juliet's inner thoughts as she speaks on the balcony, he says to the audience, "Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" This is an example of an ____________.
What is aside?
The setting of the play is in Verona, Italy.
What is true.
I am a close friend to Romeo, even though I tell him that he is immature when it comes to love, I still agree to help him marry Juliet.
Mercutio
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between seemingly unlike things without using like or as
Why does Romeo agree to go to the ball?
To see Rosaline and convince her to love him.
Mercutio's long Queen Mab speech given in front of Romeo, Benvolio, and other friends is an example of a ______________.
What is monolgue?
The nurse tells Juliet to go the Friar's cell to meet Romeo
What is true
I have a close relationship with Juliet and I am often characterized as foolish or the comic relief
Nurse
What do you call a reference to a well-known or popular figure, piece of literature, history?
Allusion
How is the fight in Act III the turning point of the play?
It results in Romeo's banishment, Romeo and Juliet can not be together in Verona.
Romeo, newly married to Juliet, desires to avoid fighting her cousin Tybalt. However, this action directly leads to Mercutio's death, which forces Romeo to kill Tybalt, causing his own banishment. The attempt at love leads to violence, which is an example of _____________ _________________?
What is situational irony?
Juliet and her mother, Lady Capulet, have a very close relationship
What is false.
I am a hot-headed Capulet whose death marks the turning point in the play
Tybalt
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence from Act III, “Be fickle, Fortune, for then I hope thou wilt not keep him long but send him back.”
Personification
What is the earliest moment of foreshadowing in the play?
Prologue
Friar Laurence shares his thoughts on the duality of nature, focusing on how plants can be both medicinal and poisonous, while alone in his cell. This is an example of a __________.
What is soliloquy?
Romeo and Benvolio are invited to the Capulet party by Mercutio.
False
Capulet wants me to marry Juliet
Paris
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence from Act III,“ So tedious is this day as is the night before some festival to an impatient child that hath new robes…”
Simile, comparing how she feels waiting for night to come to how a child would feel the night before a festival.
What part of the play is the rising action?
When Romeo and Juliet fall in love
When Lady Capulet speaks of vengeance for Tybalt's death, Juliet says, "Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With Romeo, till I behold him—dead— / Is my poor heart for a kinsman vexed."Juliet is twisting or playing with words here making it an example of which irony?
What is verbal irony?
Capulet is extremely angry about Juliet's reluctance to marry Paris.
What is true.