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- 4. According to the prologue the ______ of their children is what will end the ______ between the Montagues and the Capulets. (read quatrain 2)
- 5. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare begins with the ________ which would be recited in unison by a group of actors and provides a _____ of the play's plot and purpose. It is written as a ___________; this type of poem has a strict structure.
- 7. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG is the rhyme __________ of a sonnet. Students must write this in all capital letters with a clear space in between each set of letters.
- 11. What word from the first quatrain shows that the citizen of Verona are KILLING each other and mkaing their hands "unclean" ?
- 12. A group of four alternating rhyming lines of a sonnet is called a ___________.
- 13. There are five meters of iambic in every line of a sonnet and this is known as (P _ _ T _ _ E _ _ R).
- 16. The final two lines of a sonnet are referred to as the _______ _____. The function of these two lines is to summarize or capture the poem's big idea, also known as the ________ or the author's message. These two lines _____ with each other.
- 17. A sonnet has exactly _____ (write the word not the number) lines.
- 18. Another word for households could be __________; or the people who are related to each other and live in the same "household."
- 19. There are ten of these in every line of a Shakespearean sonnet. These are defined as the beats of a word.
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- 1. A sonnet is written in ______ ______; this means that there are five meters of an unstressed syllable (or beat) followed by a stressed syllable or beat.
- 2. The two "households" from the prologue are the Capulets, which is the family of ______ and the Montagues and _______ belongs to this family.
- 3. Romeo and Juliet are referred to as ______ _______ _______ in the prologue, which means that "fate" or "destiny" brings them together. Anytime students read references to stars in the play, Shakespeare wants them to think of fate and destiny- what the characters do not control or choose. (Read line 6)
- 4. The first line of the prologue tells the audience that "two households" (The Montagues and Capulets) are both alike in __________, which means they are from the same social class, and have the same wealth or money.
- 6. The prologue informs the audience that there is an ancient or old fashioned and outdated ______, or an argument people refuse to leave in the past, that is creating a new _____ or revolt.
- 8. Shakespeare uses the word ______ two times in the last line of the first quatrain. This is known as a PUN or a play on a word's two meanings. One definition is citizen, the other has to do with being a person who follows the laws and rules of a society.
- 9. Romeo is a ____________ and Juliet is a _____________ and their families are enemies.
- 10. Which word from the prologue means old and outdated? Look in the first quatrain.
- 14. There are _____ lines in a quatrain.
- 15. Based on the prologue, readers should be able to infer Romeo and Juliet is set in the fair or beautiful city of _____ in the country of __________.