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English Exam
English Exam review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the purpose of a gothic novel? | to evoke a sense of mystery, suspense, fear, and terror |
| What do gothic stories include? | Mysterious happenings, frightening scenes, supernatural occurrences, gloomy landscapes, incidents of madness, revelations of shocking secrets |
| 14 lines of verse ABAB CDCD EFEF GG each line of verse is in iambic pentameter (5 iambs) | Sonnet |
| a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. | pun |
| a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | oxymoron |
| 10 syllable line that has 5 iambs ("penta"=5). Its stress pattern (5 pairs of stressed/ unstressed syllables ) its conventally represented as u/u/u/u/u/ | iambic pentameter |
| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. | soliloquy |
| someone who contrasts with another character – usually the main character – to highlight their qualities. | foil |
| a literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters. | Dramatic irony |
| The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says. | Verbal Irony |
| a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. | Metaphor |
| Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter | blank verse |
| the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | Alliteration |
| is composed of many genres and subgenres, each piece self contained, making a point of its own, yet connected by theme or topic sometimes by languages ,images, and content. | multigenre writing |
| Each chapter is a different writing style and often from the perspective of a different character | multigenre in tears of a tiger |
| “Two households, both alike in dignity/ (In fair Verona where we lay our scene)/From ancient grudge break to new mutiny/Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” | Both Alike in Dignity Means Both Families Have Equally High Status and its referring to the ongoing dispute between the Montagues (Romeo's family) and the Capulets (Juliet's family) |
| “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.” | Romeo, and He is comparing Juliet to a torch here, implying that she lights up the room with her beauty. |
| “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” | Juliet and declares her indifference to the rival family name of her lover, Romeo. |
| “These violent delights have violent ends.” | Friar Lawrence and Friar Lawrence warns Romeo that these violent delights will have violent ends when he secretly marries Juliet. |
| “A plague on both your houses!” | mercutio and cursing both the Montagues and Capulets. He is literally asking for a plague, or some terrible fate, to befall both families, since he blames both families for his imminent death. |
| “It was the nightingale, and not the lark, /That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear.” | Juliet and e nightingale only sings at night, while the lark sings in the morning. If it's the nightingale they heard, that means Romeo can stay with her a bit longer, but if it's the lark, then Romeo has to leave - her room, and Verona. |
| “Oh mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men.” | Romeo and Romeo stating that he wants to kill himself, and he will lie with Juliet whilst he is dead. |
| “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” | Juliet and it means why are you a montague |
| “For this alliance may so happy prove/ to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” | Friar Lawrence |
| “Beautiful Tyrant! Fiend angelical! … A damned saint, an honorable villain!” | Juliet she is using oxymorons to describe the contrast in her feelings |
| “For never was a story of more woe / than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” | Prince Escalus |
| “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.” | Prologue and it's at the beginning of the book foreshadowing |
| “Villain I am none. Therefore farewell. I see thee knowest me not.” | Benvolio |
| If Romeo and Juliet met at the Capulet party on Sunday night, what day is it when Romeo wakes up in Juliet's room and must leave Verona | Tuesday |
| Friar Lawrence says what quote | They stumble who run fast |
| What does Romeo compare Juliet to in the beginning of act 2 scene ii | the sun |
| O fortune, fortune, all men call thee fickle who says this | Juliet |
| My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding | Prince escalus |
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