Romeo and Juliet Review Worksheet

Please find an example of each of the following poetic devices (hintcheck your notes for definitions).
Be sure to tell me where you found it! (Use the Act. Scene. Line. Formula . . .)
Metaphor:
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Simile:
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Pun:
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Personification:
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Oxymoron:
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Please tell me the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue. Find an example of each (you dont have to write it
out) and tell me where to find it. Use the formula weve been using in class.
Soliloquy:
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Monologue:
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What is an aside?

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In writing Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare re-told an old story. He condensed the action from several months to
just five days, adding a sense of urgency to every event. In this activity, you will explore cause-and-effect
relationships. You will also create a timeline for the play.
Directions: In the chart, please arrange the events below into the order they occur in the play.

Prince Escalus decrees that the next person

who starts a public fight will face the death
penalty.
Juliet stabs herself.
Friar Lawrence discovers that his message did
not reach Romeo.
Romeo overhears Juliet on her balcony,
pledging her love to him; they agree to get
married.

Juliet apologizes to her father for refusing to

marry Paris.
Romeo drinks poison.
Romeo kills Tybalt.
Montague and Capulet shake hands and
promise to build gold statues of each other's
children.
Prince Escalus banishes Romeo.
Benvolio takes Romeo to the Capulet's party,

hoping to get his mind off Rosaline.

Juliet's family lays her to rest in the Capulet
burial vault.
Lord Capulet moves the wedding from Thursday
to Wednesday.
Romeo kills Paris.
Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet is dead.
Romeo and Juliet, now husband and wife, part
at dawn.

Romeo and Juliet meet.

Tybalt kills Mercutio.
The nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris; Juliet
asks Friar Lawrence for help.
Friar Lawrence reveals that Romeo and Juliet
were married.
Juliet drinks the sleeping potion Friar Lawrence
gave her.

The servants of the Capulets and Montagues start a brawl in the streets of Verona.

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday