Honors English Romeo and Juliet Study Guide

I] Terms and application

1. Know your characters and settings

2. Define dramatic irony and give an example

3. Define turning point, and explain why Act 3 is the turning point

4. Identify which act is the exposition, rising action, falling action and denouement?

5. Identify theme (s) and be ready to defend why. Remember it must be stated as a complete sentence

and should not sound like a cliché, proverb, or motto.

6. Define soliloquy and give an example- purpose?

7. Define an aside and give an example- purpose?

8. Define antagonist and protagonist and give examples

9. Iambic pentameter, sonnet, prose-? Examples of when used

10. Define foil and give an example.

11. Define tragedy and tragic hero and determine whether or not Romeo and Juliet qualify.

12. Study the notes you took prior to our reading on Shakespeare on pages 177-181, and from the John

Green video.

II] Identifying speakers, context, paraphrasing, figurative language, significance. These were

introduced in your pre-reading charts.

1) Quote in which Juliet contemplates essence of a person and what’s in a name…(2.3)

2) Juliet’s concern about Romeo’s affection in her personification of the moon… (2. 2)

3) Capulet’s rage over Juliet’s refusal to marry Paris. (3. 5)

4) Example of Friar’s warning about the dangers of intense passion in 2. 6.

5) Figurative language examples from the two choruses at the beginning of Act 1 and Act 2- “old

desire” in the “deathbed” for example.

6) The metaphor Romeo uses prior to entering Juliet’s tomb. (5. 3)

7) The prince’s condemnation of the families in 5.3

8) Juliet’s fears in her pre-swig soliloquy. ( 4.3)

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Looking ahead to the test: Your essay question will ask you to make a point-by-point comparison between the themes, characters, symbols, or settings in any work you have covered this year, including indies. Pre- AP must use full-length works. Keep connections in mind and make note of them as we read. You will be scored using the informative FSA rubric. Thanks.