1. Spring Final Exam Review 2013: “Romeo and Juliet” STAAR Tests

2. “Romeo and Juliet” O What year did “Romeo and Juliet” debut? O Know that a tragedy: treats in a serious and dignified way the terrible events that a character causes or encounters. O What does the Chorus say about “Romeo and Juliet” in the prologue? O Know basic character descriptions (reread them) O Literary Devices: O Foreshadowing O Oxymoron O Personification O Irony O Metaphor O Allusion O Understatement

3. “Romeo and Juliet” Con’t O Why does Romeo go to the Capulet ball? O What does Lord Capulet originally tell Paris about Juliet getting married? O Know the different events leading up to Tybalt’s death. O How does Juliet feel about Tybalt’s death and Romeo’s banishment? O Friar Lawrence comes up with two different solutions, 1 before and 1 after the announcement of the Juliet/Paris wedding. What are they? O How does Lord Capulet react when Juliet refuses to marry Paris? O What excuse does Juliet use multiple times in order to see Friar Lawrence? O What does Juliet fear about drinking the potion the Friar gives her? O What is Balthazar’s role in Romeo and Juliet’s fate? O Why was Paris at the catacombs when Romeo arrives? O Know the basic events of the plays ending: from their deaths to the last line.

4. “Romeo and Juliet” Con’t Know the speaker, meaning, and context of each quote: O A.“Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate…Misshapen chaos…Feather of lead…bright smoke…cold fire…” O B.“Earth has swallowed all my hopes but she; She is the hopeful lady of my earth.” O C.“Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.” O D.“I’ll look to like, if looking liking move;/ But no more deep will I endart my eye/ Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.” O E.“We’ll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf/ …let them measure us by what they will,’ We’ll measure them a measure and be gone.” O F.“I fear, too early; for my mind misgives/ Some consequence yet hanging in the stars.” O G.“Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone./ ‘A bears him like a portly gentleman…” O H.“Go ask his name.-if he be married,/ My grave is like to be my wedding bed.” O I.“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other word would smell as sweet.” O J.“More than Prince of Cats./ The very butcher of a silk button, a duelist, a duelist!” O K.“These violent delights have violent ends/ And in their triumph and die, like fire and powder,” O L.“Happiness courts thee in her best array;/ But, like a misbehaved and sullen wench,/ Thou pouts upon thy fortune and thy love.”

5. STAAR Questions: O Know the difference between: O Literary Essay O Expository Essay O Short Answer O Revising and Editing questions O Know the five elements of plot O Know the A.C.E. strategy O Know how to properly embed a quote O Using quotation marks O Comma placement O Proper word choice: “say” vs. “quote.” O Be able to recognize a good thesis statement. O Should be specific enough that the reader knows what your essay will be about in relation to the prompt. O Know which sections of the test you can use a dictionary