1. Thursday, May 26 Honors English 9 A note from Mrs. Nichols, RMHS Library « The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet » Acts III and IV literary terms update: key is on class site film: Act III, scenes ii and iii group project: Act III scene i, « Skinny Sonnet » preview highlights in the text, Acts III and IV film

2. 12. Euphemism: A polite, indirect expression used to replace harsh or impolite words 17. Idiom: A figure of speech; choose an example from the handout 19. Dramatic Irony: A contradiction between what a character may think and what the audience knows 21. Verbal Irony: The character’s statement has more than one meaning 22. Malapropism: example – The Nurse says “ropery” for roguery and “sententiousness” for sentences 27. Paradox: example – How can Juliet marry Paris when she is already married to Romeo? How can she hate Romeo for killing Tybalt, who would have killed him? 28. Prose: Ordinary language, not poetry; example: the servants’ dialogue

3. Act III, scene i: Write a Skinny Sonnet to review the fight scene! Use specific text details - 14 lines - ABAB CDCD EFEF GG NOT iambic pentameter: less than 10 syllables (2 – 9) = “skinny”

4. Romeo and Juliet Unit Test What to Expect... – Review before the test – 40 Questions, Multiple Choice, Scantron (bring a no. 2 pencil) Expository Writing: Essay format, MLA basics, “Jane Schaffer” What to Know... – Literary Terms (Study Guide) Reading: – Highlights of “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”