"Two households, both alike in ________,
In fair Verona where we lay our scene" (Romeo and Juliet, Prologue).
Compare two unlike things directly,
without using a word of comparison.
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
At the beginning of the play, Romeo is in love with _____.
The character or force that opposes the main character.
Noisy, energetic, or wild.
W.E.B Du Bois co-founded this program.
"No, sir. I do not bite my _____ at you, sir. But I
bite my _____, sir." (Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1)
Expressions that are not literally true but
suggest similarities between usually
unrelated things.
To look at in a malicious, inappropriate, or unpleasant way.
In "The Coffin Quilt" the Hatfields live in _____.
The main character in a story.
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
______ implies or suggests a
meaning of a word.
The dictionary definition of a word.
A person, place, object, or thing that stands both for itself and for something else, often an abstract idea.