Unit Four: Sonnets and Romeo and Juliet

Question 1

Tragedy

Answer 1

Tragic Hero, Tragic Flaw, Catharsis

Question 2

Themes in Romeo and Juliet

Answer 2

fate, death, honor, friendship and duality

Question 3

Dramatic Foil

Answer 3

a character with qualities that highlight another character’s quality or qualities, usually by having contrasting qualities

Question 4

Soliloquy

Answer 4

a monologue that is delivered when the character is alone

Question 5

Monologue

Answer 5

a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker

Question 6

Aside

Answer 6

a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play

Question 7

Blank Verse

Answer 7

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter

Question 8

Iambic Pentameter

Answer 8

line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable

Question 9

Dramatic Irony

Answer 9

When we know something that the characters in the story don’t know

Question 10

Static Character

Answer 10

A character that doesn’t change throughout the story

Question 11

Dynamic Character

Answer 11

A character that has multiple characteristics and they change throughout the story

Question 12

Sonnet

Answer 12

iambic pentameter and an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme