8th Grade English Final

Foreshadowing

hint at something that will happen later in the story

External Conflict

A problem that isn’t just happening on the inside

Internal Conflict

Emotional or moral conflict inside a character

Allusion

indirect reference to famous work

Mood

Feeling reader gets from the story

Alliteration

Repeated sound at the beginning of a word

Assonance

Repeated vowel sound

Simile

comparison using like or as

Metaphor

Direct comparison not using like or as

Theme

Overall message/main point of the story

What happens in Act 1?

-Romeo is heartbroken so he goes to a party and meets Juliet

-They fall in love

-Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague(enemies)

What happens in Act 2?

- Romeo sneaks into Juliet’s backyard and tells her that he wants to marry her

-Romeo goes to Friar Lawrence and tells him that he wants to marry Juliet. Lawrence agrees in hopes that it will end the family feud.

-Romeo and Juliet get married in secret

What happens in Act 3?

-Mercutio is killed by Tybalt

-Romeo kills Tybalt and Romeo gets banished

-Lord Capulet gives Paris permission to marry Juliet

What happens in Act 4?

-Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan to fake Juliet’s death so she doesn’t marry Paris, and runs away with Romeo

What Happens in Act 5?

-A missed letter makes Romeo believe Juliet is dead, so he travels back with poison

-Romeo kills Paris and takes his own life

-Juliet wakes up and then finds both of them dead then she stabs herself

RACEE

The mood is hopeful

“I took the one less traveled by/And that has made all the difference” (Frost 19-20)

Shows the impact of personal choices; The another believes that taking the one less traveled has shaped his identity

Develops the mood of the poem by proving that taking the risk can be scary by most of the time is the best choice