Plot
Background
Craft/Structure
Word Study
Vocabulary
100

In Act I, scene i, the Prince rules out this punishment if the Capulets and Montagues fight again. 

What is death?

100

A flowering of European learning that began in Italy. 

What is the Rennaissance?

100

describes scenes, lighting and sounds - usually in italics or parenthesis. 

What are stage directions?

100

a group of words that share the same root

What is a word family?

100

Something made to deceive

What is counterfiet?

200

The character who is known for his sword-play and his anger. 

Who is Tybalt?

200

Sought a divorce from the Spanish prince Catherine of Aragon so that he could remarry and possibly have a son. 

Who is Henry VIII. 
200

reveals character personalities and relationships while capturing the language of the setting. 

What is dialogue?

200

Meaning "across," "beyond," or, "through."

What is the prefix, -trans-

200

The acting of breaking the law or committing a sin. 

What is a transgression?

300

The woman Romeo loves in the opening of the play.

Who is Rosaline?

300

The reign of this English monarch was known as the Golden Age.

Who is Elizabeth I?

300

Unrhymed poetry that is in iambic pentameter.

What is blank verse?

300

Comes from the Latin word contra, meaning "against."

What is the prefix -counter-

300

Forced to leave home. 

What is exile?

400

The most important event in Act II. 

What is Romeo and Juliet's wedding?

400

Elizabethan dramatists began copying these as their own. 

What is Greek and Roman tragedies?

400

a lengthy speech in which a character expresses their true feelings, usually alone on stage. 

What is a soliloquy?

400

Meaning out of or away. 

What is the prefix ex

400

Open rebellion against authority

What is mutiny?

500

This character comes to Romeo's aid when Tybalt starts a duel. 

Who is Mercutio?

500
England's first successful theater. 

What is the Theater?

500
a brief remark, often addressed to the audience, unheard by other characters.

What is an aside?

500

Comes from the Latin word, stringer, which means to "draw tight."

What is the root -stress-

500

Holding a different kind of view from the Church

What is a heretic?