9Th Grade Final Exam Terms

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea

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Plot

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The sequence of events in a story. Tells what happens, when and to whom.

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What are the 6 types of Figurative Language?

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Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
MAPS HO

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Conflict

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A struggle within a character, or between a character an an outside force.

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figurative language

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Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary meanings of words.
Examples: simile and metaphor

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simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the words
LIKE or AS

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irony

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A contrast between appearance and reality, usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things. Metaphors DO NOT use like or as.

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alliteration

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The repition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words:
Ex. "not half so happy in heaven."

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suspense

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The tension that the readers feel as they become involved in a story and eager to know the outcome.

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Characterization

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The methods a writer uses to develop characters, such as describing appearance, thoughts or actions.

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2 types of characterization

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Static (characters don't change)
Dynamic (They do change)

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The tension that readers feel as they become involved in a story and eager to know the outcome

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Suspense

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The repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants in a group of words
(Ex: safe and sound, a dime a dozen, better and better, brown as a berry)

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alliteration

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary word, or work

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allusion

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A dramatic device in which a character speaks thoughts aloud, in words meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters

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aside

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A humorous scene, incident or speech in a serious drama that provides a change of emotional intensity; allows the audienc to prepare emotionally for events to come

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comic relief

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a rhymed pair of lines in a verse

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couplet

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a story written to be performed by actors

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drama

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A character who provides a striking contrast to another character, thus calling attention to certain traits possessed by a main character

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foil

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Each line of verse has 5 pairs of syllables, with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable:
(Ex: "But soft! What light through yon - der win - dow breaks?"

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Iambic Pentameter

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A special kind of contrast between appearance and reality, usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems.

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Irony

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What are the 3 types of irony?

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Situational
Dramatic
Verbal

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Contrast between what a character or the reader expects and what actually exists or occurs

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Situational Irony

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The reader knows something that a character does not know

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Dramatic Irony

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Someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing but means another

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Verbal Irony

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A comparison between 2 unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them.
(Ex. "Life is a bowl of cherries." and
"Morning is a new sheet of paper for us to write on."

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Metaphor

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The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader

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Mood

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Two contradictory terms used together.
(Ex. Jumbo shrimp
Pretty ugly
Sweet sorrow)

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Oxymoron

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A statement that seems contradictory but that actually may be true

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Paradox

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object.
(Ex. "The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night.")

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Personification

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A joke that comes from a play on words, making use of multiple meanings of a word or of a word's rhyme

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Pun

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the word
LIKE or AS

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simile

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A speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud.

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soliloquy

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A lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. May be Petrarchan or Shakesperean (Elizabethan)

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sonnet

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The main idea in a word of literature, a perception about life or human nature that the writer share with the reader (not the same thing as a moral).

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Theme

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A dramatic wrok that presents the downfall of a dignified character involved in historically significant events. The events are often set in motion by a decision that's an error in judgement.

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Tragedy

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A writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in the plot

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Foreshadowing

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The main idea in a work of literature

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Theme

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Descriptive words that appeal to one or more of the five senses

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Imagery

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The excitement readers feel as they become involved in a story

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Suspense

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Written conversation between two or more characters in either fiction or nonfiction

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Dialogue

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The methods a writer uses to develop characters

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Characterization

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The attitude a writer takes toward a subject

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Tone

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The sequence of events in a story

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Plot

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The central character or hero

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Protagonist

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The character who opposes the protagonist

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Antagonist

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When a character on stage thinks aloud

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Soliloquy

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Prose writing that deals with real people, places and events

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Nonfiction

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The main idea in a work of literature.

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Theme

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What are the 5 parts of a plot?

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Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

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What are the # categories of conflict?

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Two

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A literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact.

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Fiction

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A category or type of literature based on its content and style.
(Ex: mystery, sci fi, fantasy, horror)

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Genre

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An obvious and unrealistic exaggeration used as a figure of speech

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Hyperbole

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A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word in a language

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Synonym

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A word of opposite meaning
(Ex. "hot" and "cold")

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Antonym

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The introductory scene, speech, or part of a play.

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Prologue

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter
(unstressed followed by stressed.) Ex. "My king.."

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Blank verse

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"If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed."

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Juliet
Meaning: I'd rather die than find out he's dead.
Type of figurative language:
simile

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"My only love sprung from my only hate."

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Juliet
Meaning: The one she loves is the son of the family she hates.
Type of fig. language:
Personification (hate springing forth a love)

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"Good night, good night, parting is such sweet sorrow."

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Juliet
Meaning: Sweet, but sad
Type of fig. language:
Oxymoron (opposites)
such sweet sorrow

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"Tis thy name that is my enemy."

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Juliet
Meaning: Said to Romeo about his family's name
Type of fig. language:
Personification (name as an enemy)

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"For I ne'er saw true beauty til this night."

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Romeo
Meaning: He's describing Juliet's beauty.
Type of figurative language:
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"If you ever disturb out streets again/Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

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Prince
Meaning: Speaking to Montague and Capulet, trying to stop them from fighting.
Type of figurative language:
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"Compare her face with some that I shall show/And I will make thee think thy swan a crow."

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Speaker: Benvolio
Meaning: Compare Rosalin's face w/some I'll show you. The one you love so much will look ugly in comparison.
Type of language:

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"What's in a name? That which is called a rose/By any other name would smell so sweet."

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Speaker: Juliet (to Romeo)
Meaning: What matters is what something is, not what it's called. His last name doesn't matter.
Type of language:

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"Young men's love then lies,/Not only in their hearts but in their eyes."

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Speaker: Friar Laurence (to Romeo)
Meaning: You must love with your eyes, not your heart, since you've given up so soon on Rosaline, whom you loved so much.
Type of language: Alliteration

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"This precious book of love, this unbound lover,/To beautify him, only lacks a cover."

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Speaker: Lady Capulet
Meaning: This man is single and only lacks a bride to make him complete.
Type of language: metaphor

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"Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty/She'll, swear, hath corns."

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Speaker: Capulet
Meaning: Whichever of you doesn't want to dance, I'll swear, hath corns.
Type of language: Alliteration

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"A plague on both your houses."

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Speaker: Mercutio
Meaning:A curse on both sides of the argument. Was talking about the Capulet's and Montague families. He says this 3 times before dying.
Type of language: Hyperbole

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"These violent delights have violent ends, and/in their triumph die, like fire and powder/which as they kiss consume."

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Speaker: Friar Laurence
Meaning: These sudden joys have sudden endings. They burn like fire and gunpowder and when they meet, like a kiss, they explode.
Type of language: simile

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"Here's to my love! O true apothecary! They drugs are quick./Thus with a kiss I die."

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Speaker: Romeo
Meaning: Oh, that pharmacist, he was honest; the poison works quickly. So I die with a kiss.
Type of language:

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"There never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

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Speaker: Prince
Meaning: Their story of their love so unfortunate
Type of language: Hyperbole

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"Happily met, my lady and my wife."

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Speaker: Paris (to Juliet)
Meaning: I'm happy to meet you, my lady and my wife.
Type of language:

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"So long as Verona is called Verona,/There'll be no other figure valued/Like that of the true and faithful Juliet."

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Speaker: Montague
Meaning: Juliet is precious and will be remembered.
Type of language: simile

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"And for that offense we do exile him hence."

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Speaker: Prince
Meaning: Romeo is exiled for killing Tybalt.
Type of language: Alliteration

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"I dreamed that my lady came and found me dead."

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Speaker: Romeo
Meaning: I dreamed Juliet found me dead. (but happy because she kissed him back to life.) Foreshadowing
Type of language: none

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Son of the Montagues;
The male protagonist

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Romeo

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Daughter of the Capulets;
The female protagonist

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Juliet

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Patriarch of the house of Capulet

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Lord Capulet

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Patriarch of the house of Montague

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Lord Montague

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Matriarch of the house of Capulet; Wife of Capulet; wishes Juliet to marry Paris.

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Lady Capulet

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Matriarch of the house of Montague; Wife of Montague

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Lady Montague

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Juliet's personal attendant and confidante.

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The Nurse

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Cousin and friend of Romeo.

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Benvolio

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Cousin of Juliet, nephew of Lord Capulet; Ready to fight the Montagues

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Tybalt

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Montague servant

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Abraham

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Capulet servant

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Sampson

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Servants of Capulet

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Gregory and Sampson

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Romeo briefly falls in love with her before meeting Juliet. She is unseen in the play.

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Rosaline

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Queen Mab

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A Franciscan friar and Romeo's confidant; The priest who marries Romeo and Juliet

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Friar Laurence

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Friend of Romeo. Knows the stupidity of the families' feud. Knows love can lead to tragedy.

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Mercutio

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Wants to marry Juliet.
Romeo slays him in the end.

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Paris

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What are the 2 categories of conflict?

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Internal and external