Types of Poetry | Romeo & Juliet | Research | Figurative Language Terms | The Plot Elements |
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What is free verse?
This form of poetry does not follow any rules.
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Who is Tybalt?
This character was killed by Romeo in a duel.
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What is double spacing?
Paragraphs require a certain type of spacing.
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What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing, even though this isn't literally true.
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What is exposition?
This section of a story introduces the characters, setting and hints at the conflict.
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What is a couplet?
This form of poetry consists of two lines of verse which rhyme and form a unit alone or as part of a poem.
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Who is William Shakespeare?
This is the person who wrote Romeo and Juliet.
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What is MLA Format?
All high school essays should be written in this format.
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What is a simile?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison of two unrelated things.
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What is rising action?
The section of the story where a series of events build up to something.
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What is a limerick?
This form of poetry is a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming AABBA
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Who are the Montagues?
This family was in a seemingly never ending feud with the Capulets.
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What is conclusion/resolution?
This is where the story usually comes to a close.
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What is hyperbole?
A figure of speech that is considered an exaggeration.
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What is climax?
The point of the story where things get interesting; where the story reaches an important scene.
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What is a sonnet?
This for of poetry is a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
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What is the Kingdom of Verona?
This is where Romeo and Juliet takes place.
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What is plagarism?
This is when someone takes credit for someone else's work.
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What is onomatopoeia?
A figure of speech in which words represent a sound, kind of like sound effects.
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What is falling action?
The events that follow the climax.
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What is a haiku?
This form of poetry has five syllables on the first line, seven syllables on the second line, and five on the third.
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Who is Paris?
This character was also killed by Romeo in a final duel.
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What is Works Cited?
This is the title of the page where we give credit to sources we use.
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What is an idiom?
A figure of speech that is weird, but means something else. (ex: "It's raining cats and dogs")
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What is resolution or conclusion?
This is where the story ends or leaves things on a cliffhanger.
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