Literary Terms - R&J

An iamb is...

• two syllables: unstressed and stressed

• two syllables: both stressed

• two syllables: both unstressed

• a word with two syllables

"the which if you with patient ears attend

what here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend"

is an example of...

• blank verse

• a couplet

• a simile

• an allusion

Romeo and Mercutio are

• enemies

• dynamic characters

• foils

• Montagues

"the brightness in her cheek would shame those stars

As daylight doth a lamp"

is an example of

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• pun

In the passage, "If thou meanest not well,

I do beseech thee...to cease thy suit" beseech means...

• command/demand

• implore/beg

• direct/insist

• order/instruct

In the passage "the nuptials of Lucentio,

Come Pentecost as quickly as it will" nuptials means...

• parties

• coronations

• exchanging of vows

• wars

"For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night

Fain would I dwell on form, fain deny." Fain means...

• angrily

• gladly

• cautiously

• impetuously

In the passage "Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries

they say Jove laughs," perjuries means..

• breaking of a vow

• happiness

• truthfulness

• sadness

We might classify Friar Laurence's passage at the beginning of Act II, Scene 3 as...

• a monologue

• a soliloquy

• a sonnet

• free verse

"[the moon] is already sick and pale with grief

that thou her maid art far more fair than she" is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• pun

• personification