Romeo and Juliet

What is a hyperbole?

• A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis
• A type of poem that tells a story
• A literary device where part of something represents the whole
• A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

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What is a metaphor?

• A figure of speech in which a word is applied to an object to which it is not literally applicable

• A figure of speech in which a word is applied to an object to which it is literally applicable

• A type of punctuation used to show emphasis

• A type of punctuation used to ask a question

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What is the basic plot of “Romeo & Juliet”?

• A story about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families
• A story about a king who goes mad after dividing his estate between two of his three daughters
• A story about a prince who avenges his father's death by murdering his uncle
• A story about a brave Roman general who is betrayed by his best friend

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Shakespeare didn’t invent the story of Romeo and Juliet, but he made important changes to it. He introduced a lot of ________________________________.

• new characters
• comedy elements
• narrative complexity

• historical facts

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Shakespeare offers a much more compassionate portrait of Romeo and Juliet and encourages us to ________________ with them.

• empathize

• criticize
• argue
• compete

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Shakespeare’s tragedies follow the same structure first described by _________________ in the 5^th century BCE.

• Aristotle
• Plato
• Socrates
• Homer

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Romeo and Juliet is a love story, but it’s also a ________________ story.

• horror
• science fiction

• political

• adventure

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When does “tragedy” mostly occur?

• During happy moments
• During a comedy show
• In a romantic scene
• In moments of error

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You can read Shakespeare as a mere Aristotelian tragedy, but you can also read it as a narrative of tragic sacrifice or as a story about love being worth the ____________________________.

• pain and suffering
• price of death

• weight in gold
• wait

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Rome and Juliet has both __________ and __________. It’s easy to tell which is which by looking at the line length.

• prose, poetry
• comedy, tragedy
• love, hate
• life, death

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