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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet  \nContents  \n􀂾 The Prologue  \n􀂾 Act 1 Scene 1  \n􀂾 Act 1 Scene 2  \n􀂾 Act 1 Scene 2  \n􀂾 Act 1 Scene 3  \n􀂾 Act 2 Scene 2  \n􀂾 Act 3 Scene 1  \n􀂾 Act 3 Scene 2  \n􀂾 Act 3 Scene 3  \n􀂾 Act 3 Scene 5  \n􀂾 Act 4 Scene 1  \n􀂾 Act 4 Scene 3  \n􀂾 Act 4 Scene 5  \n􀂾 Act 5 Scene 1  \n􀂾 Act 5 Scene 3  \nUse these questions to practice and prepare for your English Literature Paper 1 examination.  \n\n| AO1 | Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to:\u003Cbr>Maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response; Use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations. | (12 marks) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| AO2 | Analyse the language, form and structure used to create meanings and effects, using relevant terminology where appropriate.\u003Cbr>Explain how your quote supports your point;\u003Cbr>Zoom in on specific words and analyse their effect;\u003Cbr>Identify techniques such as simile, metaphor, personification etc. when appropriate. | (12 marks) |\n| AO3 | Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.\u003Cbr>Comment on the writer’s intention (what does he want us to think about?); Discuss how different readers may be affected by what happens;\u003Cbr>Show awareness of how context impacts the plot. | (6 marks) |\n| AO4 | Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.\u003Cbr>4 marks – spell and punctuate with consistent accuracy, and consistently use vocabulary and sentence structures to effectively control meaning.\u003Cbr>2-3 marks – spell and punctuate with considerable accuracy, and use a\u003Cbr>considerable range of vocabulary and sentence structures to control meaning.\u003Cbr>1 mark – spell and punctuate reasonably accurately, and use a reasonable range of vocabulary and sentence structures; any errors do not hinder meaning. | (4 marks) |\n\nSection A: Shakespeare  \nRomeo and Juliet  \nRead the following extract from the Prologue of Romeo and Juliet and then answer the question that follows.  \nAt this point in the play the Chorus is introducing both families.  \nTwo households, both alike in dignity  \n(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),  \nFrom ancient grudge break to new mutiny,  \nWhere civil blood makes civil hands unclean.  \nFrom forth the fatal loins of these two foes  \nA pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;  \nWhose misadventured piteous overthrows  \nDoth with their death bury their parents’ strife.  \nThe fearful passage of their death-marked love  \nAnd the continuance of their parents’ rage,  \nWhich, but their children’s end, naught could remove,  \nIs now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;  \nThe which, if you with patient ears attend,  \nWhat here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.  \nStarting with this extract, explain how far you think Shakespeare presents the inevitability offate in Romeo and Juliet .  \nWrite about:  \n• how Shakespeare presents the significance of fate in this extract.  \n• how Shakespeare presents the significance of fate in the play as a whole.  \n[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]  \nRomeo and Juliet  \nRead the following extract from Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet and then answer the question that follows.  \nAt this point in the play two Capulet boys are joking with each other.  \nSAMPSON Gregory, on my word we’ll not carry coals.  \nGREGORY No, for then we should be colliers.  \nSAMPSON I mean, an we be in choler, we’ll draw.  \nGREGORY Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of  \ncollar.  \nSAMPSON I strike quickly, being moved.  \nGREGORY But thou art not quickly moved to strike.  \nSAMPSON A dog of the house of Montague moves me.  \nGREGORY To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand. 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