English 9Week 1: 2/24-2/28

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-

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Literary Devices in Romeo and Juliet 1

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

Devices Day 2

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 …".

Oxymoron • figure of speech that combines

normally contradictory terms

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

5. enmity: 6. prorogue:

• (noun) deep-seated hatred or will

• (verb) to postpone or delay in time

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

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• (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).