English Final Semester 1 9B

Cards (61)

  • Queen Mab is a faries mid-wife and is a fictional character made up by Mercutio, the importance behind this speech was speculated so that the actors could ready for the next scene
  • Juliets worrys that either the potion will kill her
  • Juliet also worrys that she will wake up before romeo arrives
  • what if she sees tybalts spirit
  • what if romeo didnt get the letter
  • What if the potion dosent work
  • Juliet will stab herself if the potion doesnt work
  • The plan to fake Juliet's death involves her taking a potion that will make her appear lifeless for 42 hours.
  • The globe theater is in the bank river, Thames in London, England
  • The orignal globe theater was built in 1598 and was destroyed in 1613 it was burnt down during a performance of Richard III because of a cannon shot backfiring
  • The globe theater can hold 3,000 people
  • The groundlings would stand in the pit to watch the performance
  • Romeo and Juliet is known as a tragedy of fate
  • Romeo, Mercutio, and Balthsar are all Montagues
  • Juliet, Tybalt, Nurse, Sampson, and Gregory are all Capulets
  • The play takes place in Verona
  • An epitaph is a short inscription on a tombstone or other memorial.
  • An Exposition is
    Settings, characters, and conflict introduced.
  • The rising action is when complication, and intensity starts to form
  • Climax is the highest suspense point in a story
  • Sometimes there is a crisis. A Crisis is the turning point of fortunes for the tragic hero
  • Falling action is when unknown details and plot twist is revealed
  • Denoument is the final out come: where the moral is learned
  • Alliteration: The repetition of constant sounds at the beginnings of words or strongly stressed symbols
  • Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things or concepts.
  • Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
  • Rhyme: The repetition of syllables, words, or sounds at the end of lines.
  • Imagery: The use of descriptive words to create a mental picture of a place, person, or event.
  • Repetition: Intentionally repeating a word or phrase to emphasize a point.
  • Metaphor: Comparing two unlike things without using the word "like" or "as".
  • Simile: A comparison of two unlike things using the terms "like" or "as".
  • Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like what they mean.
  • First person: uses the pronouns “I,” “me,” “we,” and “us,” in order to tell a story from the narrator's perspective.
  • Second Person: Is when the story is talking to the reader directly.
  • Third person objective: the narrator is not a character in the story, but is outside of the story and is describing the events and not inner feelings.
  • Third person limited: The narrator is limited to the perspective of one character.
  • Third person omniscient: the narrator knows everything about all the characters and the story
  • The main types of conflict in literature are Internal and External Conflict.
  • Internal Conflict: When a character struggles with their own opposing desires or believes.
  • External Conflict: A character is set against something or someone beyond their control which creates tension and can prevent the character from reaching their goals