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VOCABULARY
LINES TO KNOW
LITERARY DEVICES
DRAMATIC IRONY
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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"Lovers can see to do their AMOROUS rites / By their own beauties." Romeo and Juliet are very AMOROUS. What does AMOROUS mean?
AMOROUS is relating to love.
100
Who speaks the following line and to whom is it spoken? "Thou canst not speak of that thou dost not feel."
It is spoken by Romeo to Friar Laurence.
100
What literary device is found in the following lines spoken by Juliet to express her conflicting emotions regarding Romeo when she first finds out he killed her cousin? "Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! / Dover-feathered raven! wolvish ravening lamb! / . . . / A damned saint, and honorable villain!"
OXYMORON
100
Define dramatic irony.
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows more than one or more of the characters.
100
Who stops Romeo from killing himself in ACT III?
THE NURSE
200
In scene two, Mercutio says that giving in or surrending is vile and disgusting. He is referring to Romeo refusing to fight Tybalt and putting up with all of his insults. What word does he use that means yeilding or surrendering?
He uses the word SUBMISSION.
200
Finish the following line spoken by Mercutio to both Romeo and Tybalt. "A Plague on _____________________________."
Mercutio says, "A plague on both your houses!" This is because he blames both the Capulets and Montagues for his death.
200
Romeo says to Juliet that the "Night's candles are burnt out." This compares stars to candles without using the words like or as. What literary device is this?
METAPHOR
200
What mood or tone does dramatic irony create for the audience? (Think of horror movies).
SUSPENSE
200
What does Juliet's father threaten if she refuses to marry Paris?
He will disown her.
300
Throughout ACT III, both Romeo and Juliet outwardly express their grief regarding the situation in which they have found themselves. What is your vocabulary word for this audible outward expression of grief?
An outward expression of grief is a LAMENTATION.
300
Fill in the blanks of the following quote spoken by Romeo to the Friar. "Be merciful, say ____________; for exile hath more terror in his look, . . . Do not say ______________!"
"Be merciful, say DEATH; for exile hath more terror in his look, . . . Do not say BANISHMENT!"
300
Romoe tells Juliet that the happy "day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops." What literary device is evident here?
PERSONIFICATION
300
Explain how dramatic irony occurs when Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt.
Tybalt and Mercutio do not know that Romeo won't fight Tybalt because they are now cousins after his marriage to Juliet.
300
What argument does Juliet make when she does not want Romeo to leave?
She says it is the nightengale singing and not the lark, that it is still night and not becoming day.
400
Juliet says that her heart HATES to hear Romeo's name when she is not able to go to him. What word does she use that means HATES?
ABHORS means hates.
400
What is Juliet threatening in the following lines? "Delay this marriage for a month, a week, / Or if you do not, make the bridal bed / In that dim monument where Tybalt lies."
She says that if her mother does not delay the wedding to Paris, she will kill herself.
400
In her soliloquy on page 356, Juliet refers to Phoebus and Phaeton from Greek mythology. What is the literary term for when someone refers to something in literature or history that he/she expects the reader to be familiar with?
ALLUSION
400
Explain the dramatic irony that occurs in scene five when Juliet says to her mother, "Ay, madam, from the reach of these my hands. / Would none but I might venge my cousin's death!"
Her mother thinks Juliet hates Romeo and wants to get her hands on him to kill him, when, in fact, she loves him and wants to get her hands on him to hold him.
400
Why does Capulet say the wedding between Paris and Juliet will not be a huge celebration?
There will only be a half dozen friends there in respect to Tybalt who has recently been killed.
500
The Nurse tries to comfort Juliet when she finds out that Romeo has killed her cousin by saying that all men are liars. What word does she use for liars or pretenders?
DISSEMBLERS are liars or pretenders.
500
The Friar says that Romeo is lucky to be alive for three reasons. What are those three reasons? (How should he really have died three times)?
He tried to kill himself when he thought Juliet didn't love him anymore, but she does. Tybalt could have killed him, but instead he killed Tybalt, and finally, the law should have put him to death, but has only banished him.
500
What is it called when one character is on the stage and he/she delivers a long speech?
SOLILOQUY
500
At the very end of Act III, who is a victim of dramatic irony? This person had been aware of all until this moment. Now this person is unaware of the fact that Juliet does not plan to marry Pris.
The NURSE now no longer knows the plans of Romeo and Juliet because Juliet no longer trusts her and will not tell her the truth.
500
Where is Romeo to go when he is banished?
Mantua