Romeo and Juliet Packet 1, Act 1 Scenes 1-5 Keep

Packet 1, Act 1

Scenes 1-5

Keep:

Vocabulary

Skills

Figurative Language Review

Scene 1 Due:_______

Scene 2 Due: _______

Scene 3 Due:________

Scene 4 Due:________

Scene 5 Due:________

Figurative Language Due:______

Name: _______________________

Period: 1 2 4 5 6 7

Vocabulary

A pun is a ______________________.

Puns usually involve words that are similar in ______________ or a word that has

________________________.

This exchange between Sampson and Gregory has two different puns. Explain in the box.

A foil is a character who provides a ______________________to another character.

A foil may emphasize another character’s ______________________ or may make another character look better by comparison.

A foil essentially is a character that ________________ and _________________ another character.

Name: Period:

Scene I

Reading Guide

1. Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene?

2. Who tries to break up the fighting?

3. What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet?

4. Benvolio and Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they have to say about him?

5. Why is Romeo so sad? Explain.

6. What is Benvolio’s advice to Romeo?

Paraphrasing Practice: Paraphrase the lines below from Act I Scene I

Romeo speaking on page 704. Lines 166-177

_____1. Which of the following would cause the most anguish?

2. Name three of your kin.

_____3. Finally, the officer heard a true __________ out of the criminal; he finally admitted he had been lying.
A. brawl B. gall C. augment D. shrift

_____4. Which of the following is the best example of something chaste?

committed many crimes

B. a person who always wears white D. a person who never

carries a cell phone

5. What is something a mad person might do?

Name: Period:

Scene II

1. How old is Juliet?

2.What does Paris ask Capulet about?

3. What is Capulet’s first answer?

4. A bit later Capulet appears to change his mind about Paris’ question. What does he then tell Paris?

5. What is the name of the woman Romeo loves?

6. How do Romeo and Benvolio learn about the Capulet’s ball?

7. What do Romeo and Benvolio decide to do?

_____1. Jordan ___________ that he will not attend Saturday School even if he ends up getting suspended; the

2. Name two things friends may quarrel over.

3. What are two foes of mice?

_____4. He _______ the teacher when he refused to do his work; the teacher was so upset, she cried. 

_____5. Which of the following is most likely to create gall in a child?

his/her homework

B. someone stealing the child’s toy D. someone taking the child’s

vegetables away

Name: Period:

Scene III

Reading Guide

1. How does Juliet feel about getting married?

2. Following Juliet’s answer, what does Lady Capulet then tell Juliet?

Paraphrasing Practice: Paraphrase the lines below from Act I Scene 3

Lady Capulet speaking lines 79-86

_____1. The gentleman _____ her after asking her father for permission to do so; she eventually grew to love him.

2. What are three things you consider vile?

_____3. The additional lamp _____ the light already coming into the rooms through the windows.
A. foed B. galled C. augmented D. wooed

_____4. The three men created a _______ after they insulted some strangers; all who participated were later arrested.

_____5. Which of the following is best described as pernicious?

Name: Period:

Scene IV

Reading Guide

1. According to Mercutio, who or what is Queen Mab, and what does she or it do?

2. Why doesn’t Romeo want to go to the ball?

3. What does Mercutio say about dreams?

4. What is Romeo’s mood at the end of this scene? Explain.

Paraphrasing Practice: Paraphrase the lines below from Act I Scene 4

Romeo speaking lines 106-111

“…here comes one of my master's kinsmen”

1. “Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,/ Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel”,

2. “you [must] quench the fire of your pernicious rage”

3. “Three civil brawls, bred of a… word,/ By thee…/Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets”

4. “Thou shalt not stir a foot to seek a foe”

5. “Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach”

6. “Many a morning hath he there been seen,/ With tears augmenting the fresh morning dew”

7. “I would thou wert so happy by thy stay,/ To hear true shrift.”

8. “She hath forsworn to love”

Name: Period:

Scene V

Reading Guide

1. Who recognizes Romeo and how does he recognize him?

2. When the answer to the above question gets mad, what is Capulet’s response?

3. Who tells Romeo and Juliet who the other is?

4. What does Juliet want to know about Romeo after he leaves?

Summarizing Practice: In the lines below, summarize Act I Scene 5

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“…here comes one of my master's kinsmen”

1. “woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart”

2. “Why, Romeo, art thou mad?”

3. “expire the term/ Of despised life … / By some vile forfeit of untimely death.”

4. “Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!/ For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.”

5. “Why, how now, kinsman! wherefore storm you so?”

6. “I will withdraw: but this intrusion shall/ Now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall.”

7. “I profane with my unworthiest hand/ This holy shrine”

Name: Period:

Figurative Language Practice