Exploration, Analysis and Revision Revision Plan


In the days before your exam, you should manage your time carefully. Come up with a plan of action so that you can revise all the most important points of the play.


1. READ THE KEY MOMENTS The key moments will help you to answer any exam question. Key moments have been highlighted throughout the play:


act 2, scene x 2 ht ght. d!


à Act 1 – pages 37–41 à Act 2 – pages 53–64 à Act 3 – pages 89–101, 123–128 à Act 5 – pages 163–166, 177–185


Her eyes would shine so brightly that birds, would sing, thinking day had dawned


Shakespeare’s father was a glover with a shop in Stratford. Shakespeare would have handled the soft leather used for handmade gloves.


Read the left-hand pages that explain and comment on the important points about characters, relationships, language, imagery, stagecraft, themes and performance in those key moments.


You won't fi nd any highlighted key moments in Act 4, but you should re-read Juliet’s soliloquy on pages 144–147.


2. READ AND LEARN A SELECTION OF KEY QUOTATIONS


Key quotations will help you provide evidence and back up your points when you are answering exam questions. They appear in bold type throughout the play. They can also be seen at the end of each act in the Visual Summaries.


a winged messenger of heaven an angel


Remember that you don’t always need to quote a full line. A carefully chosen word or phrase can be just as useful to support your point.


eo? 3. RECAP THE LITERARY TERMS YOU HAVE LEARNED


The literary terms you have learned while studying Romeo and Juliet will help you to explain your points in the exam. Using words like ‘soliloquy’ and ‘foreshadowing’ will show the examiner how well you understand what is happening in the play.


wherefore art thou Romeo why do you have to be called Romeo?


at this? . ot,


me! ose


t; ll’d,


wes me, hee


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doff thy name cast off your name


An ASIDE is a dramatic device, a brief comment, spoken to be heard by the audience but not by any other character on the stage.


Look at the Glossary of Literary Terms on page 82 of your Portfolio. Can you think of an example of each term in the play? Ask someone at home to test you on the defi nition of each term.


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