Objective Assignments HW
Mon Define Poetic Devices used in R&J
WU: Semicolons Worksheet (Grammar Workbook)Notes: R&J Devices 1Workbook pg. 236: “Learning about Drama”Poetic Devices Crossword
Prepare for Unit Test
Tues Define Poetic Devices used in R&J
Unit Test: Multiple choice grammar, poetic devices, and literary devices
Wed Define terms used in R&J
Unit Test: in-class essay
Thurs Define terms used in R&J
WU: Semicolons Worksheet (Grammar Workbook)Notes: R&J Devices 2Textbook Summary Assignment
Summary assignment due Monday
Fri Read & analyze Shakespeare
WU: Semicolons Worksheet (Grammar Workbook)Notes: R&J Vocab 1Shakespearean Translator
Any unfinished work?
R&J, Elizabethan England: 2/24-
2/28
Tragedy• drama w/ serious theme (often a great person
destined through character flaw or conflict w/ overpowering force, to downfall or destruction)
• play ending in death(s) of main character(s).
No need to write italicized
info
Comedy • Light, humorous play with happy/cheerful
ending; theme is triumph over adversity. • A play ending in love and marriage.
Tragic Hero• character who makes error of judgment/has fatal
flaw that (combined with fate and external forces) brings on tragedy
Character Foil• character who is presented as contrast to second
character to point to/bring out aspect of second character.
Dramatic irony• plot device in which audience’s or reader’s
knowledge of events/individuals surpasses that of characters
Prologue • an introductory speech (often in verse) calling
attention to theme of play.• introductory scene, preceding first act of play
• appetizer
Chorus • group of actors or single actor delivering poem or
part of play, as in Greek and Elizabethan drama• part of a play performed by such group or
individual
Monologue • prolonged talk by single speaker
There may be other people on stage right now, but I’m still not
going to shut up!
Soliloquy • Speaking done by person who is talking to himself
/ herself or speaking as if no one is present
I’m thinking out loud,
very dramaticall
y!!!
Aside • a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by
others on the stage and meant only for the audience
I know you know what I’m talking about. You know when I talk to the camera even when
other people are around? Mmm hmmm.
Pun • humorous use of word / phrase to suggest its
different meanings; use of words alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
Alliteration • repeating same consonant sound at the
beginning of several words in close succession.
An example is the Mother Goose tongue-twister, "Peter Piper picked a peck ofpickled peppers …".
Paradox • statement that leads to a contradiction or
situation which defies intuition; an apparent contradiction
for example, Romeo is both Juliet’s only love and her only enemy
Romeo & Juliet Vocabulary List
1. invocation: 2. consort:
• (noun) a petition for help or support
• (verb) to associate with
3. discourse: 4. doff:
• (noun) orderly spoken thoughts
• (verb) to remove an item of clothing from the body; throw off or get rid of
7. procure: 8. predominant:
• (verb) to provide or arrange for
• (adjective) outstanding, main, most common
Vocab Day 29. perjury: 10. rancor:
• (noun) voluntarily lying under oath
• (noun) ill will or hatred.
11. lamentable: 12. bawdy:
• (adjective) expressing regret or grief
• (adjective) humorously obscene
13. bandy: 14. gossamer:
• (verb) to toss; pass back and forth
• (adjective) filmy, made of spider’s web
Vocab Day 317. submission: 18. vile:
• (noun) something offered or turned in for consideration; OR (verb) surrender
• (adjective) degrading, disgusting, humiliating
19. braggart: 20. martial:
• (noun) a person who boasts and brags
• (adjective) related to war, combat without weapons
21. dexterity: 22. amorous:
• (noun) skill with hands, body, and mind
• (adjective) romantic, relating to love
23. garish: 24. banishment:
• (adjective) bright, glaring, tastelessly colorful
•
• (noun) expulsion from a region or state
Romeo and Juliet Background Key
• The Theater in Shakespeare’s Day• Paragraph 1: Plays were put on during the day in a public
theater, where rich people sat and poor people stood. • Paragraph 2: The Globe was round, and held 3,000 people
who would eat hazelnuts. • Paragraph 3: The stage was in the pit, had no scenery, and
plays lasted 2 hours. • Paragraph 4: Only men were actors and boys played
women’s roles. • Summary of main idea: In Shakespeare’s day, plays were
performed in the Globe for many people, were long, and starred men.
• Best Quote: “Thus, the plays produced in Shakespeare’s day were fast-paced, colorful productions” (799).
• The Globe Today• Summary of main idea: A replica was built that
matches the original. • Best quote: “The Globe is made of wood….and…
the ‘bear pit’…is open to the skies” (799).
Article 2: “Meet William Shakespeare”• Starting in Stratford:• Summary of main idea: Because Shakespeare, born
in Stratford, was fairly rich, he went to school and learned Greek and Latin.
• Best quote: “Shakespeare…put…these lessons to use in his plays…” (802).
• Building a Love of Theater:• Summary of main idea: Shakespeare married, had 3
kids, and moved to London.• Best quote: “…William probably attended many of
these performances” (803).
• Stage Celebrity:• Summary of main idea: By 1594, Shakespeare
had become a famous actor and writer. • Best quote: “In 1599 the company built the
famous Globe theater” (803). • When Were They Written:• Summary of main idea: Shakespeare wrote
comedies histories, then tragedies, and finally romances.
• Best quote: “More than 1,000 copies of the first printing [of his plays] were sold” (803).