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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
A writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in the plot
Foreshadowing
Aside
Foil
Pun
When the audience knows something that the characters do not
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Paradox
Tone
Conceit
Allusion
A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a natural force, or an idea is given personality or described as if it was human
Personification
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Mood
Repetition of similar vowel sounds
Rhythm
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
A character that provides a striking contrast with another character
Aside
Soliloquy
Foil
Characterization
A comparison between two unlike things without using a comparative word
simile
Paradox
Foil
Metaphor
A character's remark either to the audience or to another character that others on stage are not supposed to hear
Aside
Soliloquy
Conceit
Pun
A joke that comes from play on words
Soliloquy
Pun
Aside
Conceit
A speech delivered while the speaker is alone; calculated to inform the audience of what is passing in the character's mind
Pun
Aside
Soliloquy
Conceit
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
Characterization
Pun
Soliloquy
Paradox
A kind of paradox which brings together two contradictory terms (ex. wise fool)
Oxymoron
End Rhyme
Paradox
Foil
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Allusion
Hyperbole
Stanza
Foreshadowing
Who said this, to whom, and why:
"Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word By thee, old Capulet and Montague, Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets...If you ever disturb again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
Prince, Capulet's and Montague's, that was the third time they fought in the streets of Verona
Romeo, Tybalt, before they fought
Juliet, Friar Laurence, after she married Romeo
Who said, to whom, and why:
"But saying o'er what I have said before My child is but a stranger in the world, She hath not seen the change of fourteen years; Let two more summers wither in their pride Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride."
Capulet, Paris, postponing the marriage to Paris
Nurse, Capulet, she doesn't want to let Juliet go
Montague, Romeo, about Rosaline
Who said, to whom, and why:
"I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise Till thou shalt know the reason of my love; And so, good Capulet, which name I tender As dearly as my own, be satisfied."
Romeo, Tybalt, to not fight
Mercutio, Romeo, to cause a fight
Mercutio, Tybalt, To provoke him to fight
Who said, to whom, and why:
"Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or if thou wilt not, but be sworn my love And I'll no longer be a
Capulet."
Juliet, to herself, she was thinking of possibilities on how to make her love with Romeo work
Juliet, Romeo, to make their love work
Romeo, himself, going over what he could say to Juliet
Who said, to whom, and why:
"Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set On the fair daughter of rich Capulet; As mine on hers so hers is set on mine, ...but this I pray, That thou consent to marry us today
Romeo, Friar Laurence, he wanted to marry Juliet as soon as possible
Juliet, Paris, to tell him she loved Romeo
Romeo, Juliet, to say he wants to marry her
Paris, Lord Capulet, he wanted to marry Juliet as soon as possible
