| A | B |
|---|
| metaphors | "The stream's a snake." |
| simile | "She dances like a princess." |
| hyperbole | "My date last night was the most beautiful girl in the world." |
| personification | "The fog crept in on little cat feet." |
| allusion | "My boyfriend dances like King Kong." |
| paradox | "A little learning is a dangerous thing." |
| oxymoron | "Jumbo shrimp" |
 | ALLUSION |
 | ONOMATOPOEIA |
| ANNE HATHAWAY | SHAKESPEARE'S WIFE |
| JULIET | A CAPULET |
| TYBALT | JULIET'S COUSIN |
| ROMEO | A MONTAGUE |
| BENVOLIO | ROMEO'S COUSIN |
| PARIS | IS SUPPOSED TO MEET JULIET AT THE PARTY |
| MERCUTIO | FUNNY, NEVER SERIOUS |
| PUN | A PLAY ON WORDS |
| THE GLOBE | SHAKESPEARE'S THEATER |
| KING JAMES | SUPPORTED SHAKESPEARE'S ACTING COMPANY |
| 3 | THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN SHAKESPEARE HAD |
| 37 | THE NUMBER OF PLAYS WRITTEN BY SHAKESPEARE |
| MARY ARDEN | SHAKESPEARE'S MOTHER |
| 2 | NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A FORTNIGHT |
| ROSALINE | ROMEO'S FIRST CRUSH |
| TRAGEDY | A PLAY IN WHICH THE MAIN CHARACTER SUFFERS A DOWNFALL |
| GROUNDLINGS | PEOPLE WHO STOOD IN FRONT OF THE STAGE |
| A PENNY | THE COST OF ADMISSION FOR A GROUNDLING |
| DAY | PLAYS WERE PERFORMED DURING THE DAY |
| SHAKESPEARE ATTENDED | GRAMMAR SCHOOL |
| QUEEN MAB | THE FAIRIES' MIDWIFE |
| DREAMERS OFTEN LIE. | MERCUTIO SAYS THIS |
| ALMOST FOURTEEN | JULIET |
| LORD CAPULET | ENCOURAGES GIRLS TO DANCE |
| COUSIN OF THE PRINCE | PARIS |
| THE FORFEIT OF THE PEACE | WHAT THEIR LIVES WILL PAY |
| TORCHES TO BURN BRIGHT | ROMEO SAYS THAT JULIET TEACHES THIS. |
| ANNE HATHAWAY | SHAKESPEARE'S WIFE |
| THE GLOBE | SHAKESPEARE'S THEATER |
| TO BITE ONE'S THUMB | THIS IS AN INSULT. |
| MERCUTIO | NEVER SERIOUS |
| SEMICOLON | USED TO SEPARATE TWO INDEPENDANT CLAUSES THAT ARE RELATED. |
| PERIOD | USED AT THE END OF A SENTENCE |
| COLON | OFTEN USED BEFORE A LIST |
| QUOTATION MARKS | USED AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF A QUOTE |
| To avoid confusion, use _____ to separate words and word groups with a series of three or more. | COMMAS |
| Use a comma to separate two strong clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction-and, or, but, for, nor. | I have painted the entire house, but he is still working on sanding the doors. |
| Verona | The town in Italy in which Romeo and Juliet took place. |
| Romeo | a Montague. He falls in love with a young girl names Juliet and proceeds to marry her. He is a tragic character. He is characterized as hasty in Romeo and Juliet. |
| Juliet | a Capulet. She falls in love with Romeo. She believes marriage should be for love. She is also characterized as hasty. She is young too. |
| Nurse | She cared for Juliet during childhood. She wants Juliet to be happy and is a mother figure to Juliet. She is very talkative. |
| Prince Escalus | prince of Verona. He wants to call truce and end the family feud between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s. |
| Friar Laurence | Franciscan monk, friend to both Romeo and Juliet |
| Mercutio | A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo's close friend |
| Tybalt | A Capulet, Juliet's cousin on her mother's side. |
| Capulet | The patriarch of the Capulet family, father of Juliet, husband of Lady Capulet, and enemy, for unexplained reasons, of Montague |
| Lady Capulet | Juliet's mother, Capulet's wife. A woman who herself married young |
| Benvolio | Cousin to Romeo. He suggests that Romeo go to the Capulet party to save him from his lovesickness for Rosaline. He is not quick to seek out trouble with the Capulets but is unable to stop Mercutio. Benvolio is the sole witness left to report the events leading to the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt. |
| Paris | Kinsman to the Prince. He wishes to marry Juliet and presses Capulet into agreement. Juliet kills herself to avoid having to marry him. He blames Romeo for Juliet's death and determines to capture him when he spots him in the churchyard. The men get into a fight and Romeo kills Paris. |
