Romeo and Juliet Vocab Lessons 1-4

Hapless

• fortunate

• unlucky

• lucky

• blessed

Insolent

• showing a lack of respect; rude

• proudly rude/uncaring about others' feelings

• excessively polite and respectful

• feeling or showing gratitude

Iambic pentameter

• A poetic structure with eight syllables, all of which are stressed

• A structure of a Shakespearean sonnet that has ten syllables, half of which are stressed and half of which are unstressed

• A type of rhyme scheme used in sonnets

• A form of free verse poetry without a specific syllable count

How many lines are in a couplet?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Hast

• have

• had

• has

• having

How many lines are in a quatrain?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

Thee

• you (object)

• thou (subject)

• ye (plural)

• thy (possessive)

Thou

• you (subject)

• he (subject)

• they (subject)

• she (subject)

Civil

• showing the bare minimum of politeness

• exhibiting a lack of interest

• demonstrating rudeness

• being overly formal

Art

• is

• are

• was

• were