Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary

Apothecary

• a person who prepared and sold drugs and medicine

• belongs to a religious group

• measuring out ingredients for a recipe

• undergo a significant inner change

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Aside

• A short remark to be heard by the audience

• to one side

• a play on words

• to get out of the way

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Dramatic Foil

• a character who contrasts with another character, usually the protagonist, to highlight particular qualities of another character

• personality remains the same throughout the story

• a prolonged and bitter quarrel, often between families

• a short remark to be heard by the audience

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Feud

• a prolonged and bitter quarrel, often between families

• an argument between friends

• when a group of people come to an agreement

• a fight that just started

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Friar

• a person that belongs to a religious group

• a person's brother

• a friend to the family

• a nun

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Impulsive

• acting or done without forethought

• thinks of all options

• spends a lot of money at the store

• the task is impossible

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Inter

• to bury

• to think

• to enter

• to close

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Melancholy

• gloomy, sad, depressed

• the melody to a song

• a feeling of excitement

• a way to distract someone

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Monologue

• a part of a drama where a single person speaks at lengths to others

• an illness that is contagious

• a character who talks to themselves. They reveal their thoughts while alone.

• to be alone in a room

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Oxymoron

• a figure of speech, usually two opposite words that are put together

• when someone isn't very smart

• a figure of speech, words that mean the same thing

• when two characters do something that makes them look silly

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3