ROMEO AND JULIET

Write/ Pair/ Share If a friend of yours was head over heels for someone, but the feeling was not mutual, would you leave them alone and let time solve it? Or try and help them get through it? What would you say?

Shakespearean Lit Terms Drama A story written to be acted for an audience Tragedy A play, novel, or other narrative that depicts serious/ important events where the main character comes to an unhappy end Prologue A short intro at the beginning of a play that gives a brief overview of the plot Sonnet fourteen-line lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes Verbal Irony a writer or speaker says one thing, but really means something completely different

Shakespearean Lit Terms Dramatic Irony Pun Monologue Oxymoron Couplet End Rhyme the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, forming a unit a play on words, often humorous, that use words that have identical or similar sounds, but very different meanings. a speech by one character in a play Refers to words that rhyme on their end or last syllable an instance where contradictory terms are combined to form phrases

Shakespearean Lit Terms Dynamic Character Flat Character Alliteration Allusion Syllabic Pattern character who changes as a result of the story’s events A pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds. Poets often use alliteration to audibly represent the action that is taking place. character who does not change much in the course of a story A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature. Allusions are often indirect or brief references to well-known characters or events. The amount of syllables in each line and their routine throughout the work

Act 1 Scene 1 Recap: What happened last??? Roles: Prince Montague Benvolio Lady Montague Romeo