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Alliteration

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Same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words
EX - sally sold seashells by the sea shore

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Allusion

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Indirect reference; a way of connecting something already known
EX - mostly used in books or literature was

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Aside

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Dialogue speaking to the audience and not by other characters

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Ballad (characteristics)

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A poem or a song narrating a story in short stanza

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Connotation

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Implied or associated meaning of a word or the emotional impact

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Denotation

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A words, literal meaning or dictionary definition

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Diction

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In authors, choice of words and phrasing

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Dramatic irony

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When the audience or reader knows something, the characters do not

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Extended metaphor

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things over multiple stanzas sentences or paragraphs

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Foil

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A character who contrast with another character

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Foreshadowing

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When an author hints or suggest future events that will happen in a story

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Iambic pentameter

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A line or verse composed of 10 syllables, arranged in 5 metrical feet, each of which consist of an unstressed syllable, followed by a stressed syllable

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Imagery

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Descriptive language that create an image in your head

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Internal rhyme

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Rhyme that involves a word in the middle of the line and again at the end
Ex - standing brave in secret cave let’s save these slaves

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Meter

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Rhythmic structure of a line determined by stress and unstress syllables

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Monologue

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A long speech given by a character to the audience or another character

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Mood

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The way that someone feels when they are reading (READER )

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Oxymoron

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Uses two opposite words to emphasis a thought

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Prologue

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Introductory scene at the beginning; sets the stage and provides background info

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Pun

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A play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings. Puns can have serious as well as humorous uses

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Simile

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Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, resembles, or than.

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Soliloquy

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When a character speaks their thoughts out loud; does not matter if other characters are there

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Sonnets (characteristics)
14 line poems, common written in iambic pentameter, ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG in Shakespeare’s rhyme scheme.
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Stanza
A group set of lines in a poem, usually physically separated from other such clusters by a blank line; often have to recurrent form
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Symbolism
Use of a person, place, thing, or event that stands at both for itself in for something beyond itself
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Theme
The central idea or underlying message in a story
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Tone
The authors attitude or feelings
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Tragedy
The presentation of serious and important actions that end unhappily
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Tragic flaw
Excessive pride, ambition, rebelliousness, or passion/imperfections that lead the otherwise noble hero, to make choices that doom him or her to their tragic end
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Setting of the play
Verona Italy
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What is the nurse purpose in the play
To care for Juliet and do all motherly things
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What is the prince’s name
Escalus
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What does the prince threaten if the two families s disturb the peace again
Death
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How does Romeo find out about the Capulet ball?
The Capulet servant asks Romeo to read the invitation list and invite him
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Who is referred to as the prince of cats?
Tubalt
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Who was Juliette’s arranged marriage with?
Paris
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What does Tybalts letter to Lord Montague state
That Tybalts challenges Romeo to a dual because Romeo showed up to the capitals party
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Why doesn’t Romeo want to fight Tybalt?
Because he’s now married to Juliet, which means they are family
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Why does friar Lawrence scold Romeo?
Because he moved on from Rose line to Juliet very quickly, and because Romeo was upset that he is banished and fryer believes he should be grateful that he is not dead
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How long is the sleeping potion supposed to work?
42 hours
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Why doesn’t Romeo find out that Juliet is actually alive
Because he never receives the letter from Friar Lawrence
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How do the Montague and Capulet’s plan to honor their deceased children?
They are going to create gold statues of them
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Who all dies in the play?
Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercurio, Paris, Montague
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How does Romeo die?
He poisons himself
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How does Juliette die?
She stabs herself
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How does Tybalt die?
Romeo stabbed him
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How does Paris die?
Romeo stabbed him
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How does Mercutio die?
Tybalt stabs him
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How does Lady Montague die?
She dies of a broken heart from Romeo’s death
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How does Lord Capulet react to Julie’s refusal to marry Paris?
He gets very angry and threatened to disown her
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Who request that the prince secret revenge for the murder of his relative?
Lady Capulet
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Who is related to the prince?
Mercutio
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How old is Juliette?
13 almost 14
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How does the battle at the beginning of the play start
Sampson and Gregory bite their thumbs at Montague servants and they fight
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How many times does the prince claim the capital and Montagues have disturbed the peace within their feud
Three times
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Describe the globe theater
Large, round, three stories, platform stage, open air, balconies
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How old was Shakespeare when he died and where is he buried?
He was 52 and buried in Stratford upon Avon
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What were the three main categories of his plays
Tragedy comedy history
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How many players and Sonnets did Shakespeare write?
37 plays and 154 sonnets
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Who was a big supporter of the theater?
Queen Elizabeth
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Who performed on stage?
Young men whose voice hadn’t changed yet
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When were the play preformed?
In the afternoon
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How many kids did Shakespeare have and what were their names?
Three kids Susanna, twins hamnet, and Judas Hamnet died at 11
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What was weird about Shakespeare’s marriage?
Anne was pregnant when they got married, which was frowned upon, and it was assumed to be a very unhappy marriage
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Who did Shakespeare marry and how old were they?
Anne Hathaway Shakespeare was 18 Anne was 26
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Where did Shakespeare go to school and what did he study?
Stratford, grammar school, Latin in Greek
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How many siblings did Shakespeare have?
He was one of eight kids, but only five survived to be adults
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When and where was Shakespeare born and when did he die?
Shakespeare was born April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon and he died April 23
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What exactly is Friars plan for Romeo and Juliet?
To marry them and then tell the public they are in love to attempt to stop the fighting between the caps and Montague
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What was Juliet worried about before she drank the potion?
1. It wouldn’t work. 2.it would actually kill her 3. She fear she will wait before Romeo comes to save her and she will suffocate in the tomb. 4. She fears that she will go insane and bash her own brains in with a bone of one of her ancestors.
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What is Romeo’s temperament at various times during the play?
He is depressed over, rose line and then in deep love with Juliet
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