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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio: Tut! man, one fire burns out another's burning, One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish; Turn giddy, and be helped by backward turning; One desperate grief cures with another's languish: Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die. According to Benvolio, what will cure Romeo's heartache?

Read the dialogue between the two main characters in Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo: [To JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this; My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss. Based upon this dialogue, Romeo is

The mood of the balcony scene in Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet can best be described as .

To paraphrase a text from Shakespeare, one must restate the text .

A________provides contrast with the main character.

Read this dialogue between Nurse and Lady Capulet in Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet. Nurse: A man, young lady! lady, such a man As all the world—why, he's a man of wax. Lady Capulet: Verona's summer hath not such a flower. Nurse: Nay, he's a flower; in faith, a very flower. Lady Capulet: What say you? can you love the gentleman? What is revealed through dialogue about the women's feelings toward Paris? Check all that apply.

The prologue of Romeo and Juliet reveals that the play's setting is a(n) .

Read this line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet. Is now the two hours' traffick of our stage; Which best paraphrases "two hours' traffick"?

Romeo and Friar Laurence discuss Romeo's new love in this dialogue from Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet Romeo: I pray thee, chide not; she, whom I love now Doth grace for grace and love for love allow; The other did not so. Friar Laurence: O! she knew well Thy love did read by rote and could not spell. But come, young waverer, come, go with me, In one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancour to pure love. Romeo: O! let us hence; I stand on sudden haste. Friar Laurence: Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast Which words best describe the mood of this conversation? Check all that apply.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet. One fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun. Which is the best paraphrase of Romeo's lines?

Rereading and a text can help readers understand difficult passages.

A soliloquy is a long speech in which a character speaks one's thoughts to the .

Read these lines from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet. Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. What is the best way to paraphrase these lines?

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet. Capulet: And too soon marr'd are those so early made. Earth hath swallow'd all my hopes but she, She is the hopeful lady of my earth: But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, My will to her consent is but a part; An she agree, within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice. This night I hold an old accustom'd feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest Such as I love; and you, among the store, One more, most welcome, makes my number more. Which lines from the excerpt support the inference that Capulet loves his daughter? Check all that apply.

Contrast the characters in this excerpt from Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet. Lady Capulet: This is the matter. Nurse, give leave awhile. We must talk in secret: nurse, come back again; I have remember'd me, thou's hear our counsel. Thou know'st my daughter's of a pretty age. Nurse: Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour. Lady Capulet: She's not fourteen. Nurse: I'll lay fourteen of my teeth— And yet to my teen be it spoken I have but four— She is not fourteen. What does this passage convey about these two characters?