Romeo & Juliet

Question 1

Procure

Answer 1

Get; obtain

Question 2

Vile

Answer 2

Worthless; cheap

Question 3

Predominate

Answer 3

Having dominating influence over others

Question 4

Sallow

Answer 4

Of a sickly pale, yellowish, complexion

Question 5

Unwieldy

Answer 5

Awkward, clumsy

Question 6

Waverer

Answer 6

One who changes or is unsteady

Question 7

Pernicious

Answer 7

Causing great injury or ruin

Question 8

Augmenting

Answer 8

Increasing; enlarging

Question 9

Grievance

Answer 9

Injustice; complaint

Question 10

Transgression

Answer 10

Wrongdoing; sin

Question 11

Heretics

Answer 11

Those who hold to a belief opposed to the established teachings of a church

Question 12

Cunning

Answer 12

Cleverness; slyness

Question 13

Blank verse

Answer 13

A term used to label poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 14

Iamb

Answer 14

A two-syllable unit called a foot, in which the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.

Question 15

Pentameter

Answer 15

Means there are five units in each line of poetry

Question 16

Rhymed couplet

Answer 16

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 17

Aside

Answer 17

Words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone and not intended to be heard by the other characters

Question 18

Foil

Answer 18

A character who sets off another character by contrast

Question 19

Dramatic irony

Answer 19

A contrast between what the audience perceives and what a character does NOT know

Question 20

Monologue

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A long, uninterrupted speech presented in front of other characters

Question 21

Pun

Answer 21

The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time

Question 22

Soliloquy

Answer 22

A speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts out loud

Question 23

Metaphor

Answer 23

A comparison made between two seemingly unloke objects, “The pillow was a cloud”

Question 24

Simile

Answer 24

A comparison between two unlike objects using the words “like” or “as” in the comparison, “the pillow was like a marshmallow”

Question 25

Personification

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Giving hunan attributes to non-human objects “the wind sang its sad song”

Question 26

Hyperbole

Answer 26

An exaggeration made for humor or emphasis, “i died when the boy i like finally talked to me”

Question 27

Lamentable

Answer 27

Distressing; sad

Question 28

Jove

Answer 28

Jove, also called Jupiter, was the king of the Roman gods

Question 29

Venus

Answer 29

The goddess of love