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Tuesday, March 6th Today is a “B” Day

Tuesday, March 6th Today is a “B” Day. Class Objectives By the end of class today, you will: Identify and define vocabulary words for Act 2 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Define and understand literary devices and terms for Act 2 Identify characters and events in Act 2, Scenes 1 – 3.

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Tuesday, March 6th Today is a “B” Day

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  1. Tuesday, March 6thToday is a “B” Day Class Objectives By the end of class today, you will: • Identify and define vocabulary words for Act 2 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet • Define and understand literary devices and terms for Act 2 • Identify characters and events in Act 2, Scenes 1 – 3.

  2. Agenda • Finish Mask Activity (Note: Stopped after directions. See next slide) (10 min.) • Act 2 vocabulary words (15 min.) • Act 2 literary terms and devices – flashcards (you will need 6-9 index cards) (15 min.) • Read Act 2 (Note: assigned roles for Act 2)

  3. Mask Activity • Pretend that you are going to a masked party in the time of Romeo and Juliet. • Describe your mask in writing. • Draw and color your mask.

  4. SIMILE • A comparison between two unlike things using the connective words like or as (than, or resembles) • Ex: Her cheeks were as red asapples Her cheeks were like two red apples.

  5. Simile “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, and it pricks like thorn.” Examples: • As alike as two peas in a pod • As beautiful as nature • As big as a bus • As big as an elephant • As busy as a bee

  6. METAPHOR • A direct comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes the other thing without using the connective words like or as. • Example: Her cheeks weretwo red apples.

  7. Irony • Dramatic - A contradiction between what a characterthinks and what the reader/audienceknows to be true. Example: At the end of Act 1, we know that Romeo and Juliet are in love, but no one else knows.

  8. HYPERBOLE A figure of speech in which the truth is very exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect. EX: “I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.” “John jerked the car door so hard that his arm almost fell off.”

  9. Foreshadowing A hint or clue that something (usually negative) is going to occur in the future. Example: Tybalt hints that he will still get revenge on Romeo for coming to the party.

  10. Alliteration Repetion of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of text. “….those…..there…… them…..”

  11. Alliteration “….those…..there…… them…..”Additional Examples:Rabbits Running Over RosesDressy Daffodils Caring cats cascade offLaughing lions laugh

  12. Consonance The repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words in a line of text. Example: Thou shalt not stir a foot to seek a foe.

  13. Consonance Additional examples: Litter and batter Spelled and scald Dress and boss

  14. Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of text. Example: Too, soon, woo

  15. Assonance • Additional Examples: “Hear the mellow wedding bells” “Try to light the fire” “Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese”

  16. Oxymoron • A figure of speech in which words with opposite meanings are paired together • Examples: “sweet sorrow” “jumbo shrimp”

  17. Oxymoron • Additonal examples: • “pretty ugly” • “tender roughness”

  18. Assignments • No new assignments – Read!

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