Show:
Figuratively Speaking
Save the Drama (terms) for Yo' Mama
Whose line is it anyway?
Fact or Fiction?
Flashback...
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THAT POOR "LIVING CORPSE"
What is OXYMORON
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I HAD A DREAM THAT MY LADY CAME AND FOUND ME DEAD.
What is FORESHADOWING
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UNHAPPY FORTUNE! BY MY BROTHERHOOD, THE LETTER WAS NOT JUST A NICE GREETING.
Who is FRIAR LAWRENCE
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THE APOTHECARY ONLY SELLS ROMEO THE POISON BECAUSE HE IS POOR.
What is fact.
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IN ACT V, FRIAR LAWRENCE SAYS, "...TYBALT DIED. HIS UNTIMELY DEATH CAUSED THE BRIDEGROOM TO BE BANISHED FROM THE CITY." PART OF THE DIALOGUE REFERS BACK TO DIALOGUE SPOKEN BY THIS PERSON. IDENTIFY THE SECTION OF DIALOGUE AND THE CHARACTER.
What is UNTIMELY DEATH AND IT WAS SPOKEN BY ROMEO ABOUT HIS DREAM.
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MONEY COMMITS MORE MURDERS IN THIS AWFUL WORLD.
What is PERSONIFICATION
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PAGE: I AM ALMOST AFRAID TO STAND ALONE HERE IN THE GRAVEYARD, BUT I’LL TAKE THE RISK.
What is ASIDE
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I WILL KISS YOUR LIPS. PERHAPS THERE’S STILL SOME POISON ON THEM, TO MAKE ME DIE WITH A MEDICINAL KISS.
Who is JULIET
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JULIET WAKES UP JUST BEFORE ROMEO DIES.
What is fiction. JULIE WAKES UP AFTER ROMEO DIES AND THEN KILLS HERSELF WITH A DAGGER.
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IN ACT V, ROMEO SAYS, "THEN I REBEL AGAINST YOU, STARS!" STARS REFERS TO THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE PLAY.
What is FATE
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COME, BITTER POISON, COME UNSAVORY GUIDE! YOU DESPICABLE PILOT, LET’S CRASH THIS SEA-WEARY SHIP INTO THE ROCKS!
What is METAPHOR
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I AM THE GREATEST, YET I WAS ABLE TO DO THE LEAST.
What is PARADOX
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YOU HORRIBLE MOUTH OF DEATH! YOU’VE EATEN UP THE DEAREST CREATURE ON EARTH. NOW I’M GOING TO FORCE OPEN YOUR ROTTEN JAWS AND MAKE YOU EAT ANOTHER BODY.
Who is ROMEO
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IN THE END, LORD CAPULET AND LORD MONTAGUE EXCHANGE GOLD IN ORDER TO SHOW THEIR REGRET.
What is fiction. LORD CAPULET PLANS TO ERECT A STATUE OF ROMEO AND LORD MONTAGUE ONE FOR JULIET.
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IN ACT V, ROMEO SAYS, "LET ME HAVE A SHOT OF POISON, SOMETHING THAT WORKS SO FAST THAT THE PERSON WHO TAKES IT WILL DIE AS FAST AS GUNPOWDER EXPLODING IN A CANON." THIS CHARACTER SPOKE A SIMILAR LINE AND IN THIS SCENE
Who is FRIAR LAWRENCE WHEN HE WAS MARRYING ROMEO AND JULIET (ACT II, SCENE 6). "SUDDEN DELIGHTS HAVE SUDDEN ENDS, AND ONCE THEY ARE ACHIEVED, THEY EXPLODE, LIKE GUNPOWDER."
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LET ME HAVE A SHOT OF POISON, SOMETHING THAT WORKS SO FAST THAT THE PERSON WHO TAKES IT WILL DIE AS FAST AS GUNPOWDER EXPLODING IN A CANON.
What is SIMILE
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IT’S THAT ARROGANT MONTAGUE, THE ONE WHO’S BEEN BANISHED. HE’S THE ONE WHO MURDERED MY LOVE’S COUSIN TYBALT. THEY THINK SHE DIED WITH GRIEF FOR THAT COUSIN. THIS GUY HAS COME HERE TO COMMIT AWFUL CRIMES AGAINST THE DEAD BODIES.
What is DRAMATIC IRONY
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HEAVEN HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO KILL YOUR JOYS WITH MUCH LOVE.
Who is PRINCE ESCALUS
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FRIAR JOHN COULD NOT DELIVER THE LETTER TO ROMEO BECAUSE MANTUA WAS QUARANTINED DUE TO THE PLAGUE.
What is fiction. Friar John was in a house in Verona that was quarantined. He never made it to Mantua.
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THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL PREVIOUSLY EXCHANGED AND, IN ACT V, ROMEO SAYS HE WANTS IT.
What is JULIET'S WEDDING RING. "BUT MY MAIN REASON IS TO TAKE A PRECIOUS RING FROM HER DEAD FINGER."
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I AM MORE FIERCE IN THIS ENDEAVOR THAN A HUNGRY TIGER ON A RAGING SEA.
What is HYPERBOLE
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LIGHTNESS? OH, MY LOVE! MY WIFE!...YOU HAVEN’T BEEN CONQUERED. THERE IS STILL RED IN YOUR LIPS AND IN YOUR CHEEKS…DEATH HAS NOT YET TURNED THEM PALE. TYBALT, ARE YOU LYING THERE IN YOUR BLOODY DEATH SHROUD? OH, WHAT BETTER FAVOR CAN I DO FOR YOU THAN TO KILL THE MAN WHO KILLED YOU WITH THE SAME HAND THAT MADE YOU DIE YOUNG? FORGIVE ME, COUSIN! AH, DEAR JULIET, WHY ARE YOU STILL SO BEAUTIFUL?...I DON’T LIKE THE IDEA SO I WILL STAY WITH YOU. AND I WILL NEVER LEAVE THIS TOMB. HERE, HERE I’LL REMAIN WITH WORMS THAT ARE YOUR CHAMBER-MAIDS. OH, I’LL REST HERE FOREVER. I’LL FORGET ABOUT ALL THE BAD LUCK THAT HAS TROUBLED ME. EYES, LOOK OUT FOR THE LAST TIME! ARMS, MAKE YOUR LAST EMBRACE!
What is SOLILOQUY
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OH MY! THIS SIGHT OF DEATH IS LIKE A BELL THAT WARNS ME I’M OLD AND I’LL DIE SOON
Who is LADY CAPULET
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FIVE CHARACTERS DIE IN THIS PLAY.
What is fiction. SIX DIE IN THE PLAY. MERCUTIO AND TYBALT IN ACT III. PARIS, ROMEO, JULIET, AND LADY MONTAGUE IN ACT V.
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IN ACT V, ROMEO SAYS, "OH, MY LOVE! MY WIFE! DEATH HAS SUCKED THE HONEY FROM YOUR BREATH, BUT IT HAS NOT YET RUINED YOUR BEAUTY." THIS IS FORESHADOWED BY THIS CHARACTER AND IN THIS SCENE.
Who is ROMEO IN ACT II, SCENE 6 JUST BEFORE THE WEDDING. ROMEO SAYS, "JUST JOIN OUR HANDS WITH YOUR HOLY WORDS, AND THEN LOVE-DEVOURING DEATH CAN DO WHAT HE DARES - IT WILL BE ENOUGH JUST TO CALL HER MINE."