Lit. Terms: Romeo and Juliet

Juliet tells her mother she is crying because of Tybalt's death, when really she is crying because of Romeo's exile. This is an example of...

• Paradox

• Dramatic irony

• Soliloquy

• Double entendre

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

When Romeo says "more light and light; more dark and dark our woes!" it is an example of...

• Paradox

• Soliloquy

• Double Entendre

• Couplet

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is the correct rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• abab cdcd eeff gg

• abcb defe ghgh ii

• abab cdcd efef gg

• abab cdcd efef ghgh

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the purpose of the prologue?

• To introduce the names of the characters and their conflicts.

• To provide an overall preview of the play

• To start the play with a Shakespeare poem

• To sum up what happens in Act I

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What are all of the aspects of a Shakespearean sonnet? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.

• iambic pentameter

• 3 quatrains and 1 couplet equaling 14 lines

• no set rhyme scheme

• each stanza has its own message/meaning that previews the play's plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a soliloquy?

• When a character speaks to another character offstage and the audience can hear.

• When a character speaks to the audience and the other characters on stage cannot hear them.

• When a character silently mimes what they are trying to say.

• When a character speaks to only one other person on stage and they have a conversation but the audience cannot hear the dialogue.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which of the following is the correct definition of dramatic irony?

• When the reader knows something a character doesn't

• When a character realizes something before the reader does

• When what happens in a story is the opposite of what the reader expects

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The following quotes from Friar Laurence are an example of what literary device?
"These violent delights have violent ends"
and 
"So smile the heavens upon this holy act that after hours with sorrow chide us not!"

• imagery
• foreshadowing
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which piece of figurative language goes with Mercutio's line "Ask for me in the morning and you will find me a grave man"?

• Irony

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a foil character?

• A character with opposite characteristics to the protagonist or another key character.

• A character who shares the same characteristics as the protagonist or another key character.

• A silly or ignorant character that acts rashly without thinking.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3