Which statements about literary motifs are true? Select four responses.They appear repeatedly in texts.They define key terms.They help develop themes.They reveal meaning in the text. They influence the mood of the work.They describe background information.
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Juliet: Then, window, let day in, and let life out. Romeo: Farewell, farewell! one kiss, and I’ll descend. [Descends.]45 Juliet: Art thou gone so? my lord, my love, my friend! I must hear from thee every day in the hour, For in a minute there are many days: O! by this count I shall be much in years Ere I again behold my Romeo.50
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene v of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo: It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale: look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east:10Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops: I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Read the excerpt from Act III, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence: Hence from Verona art thou banished. Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.20 Romeo: There is no world without Verona walls, But purgatory, torture, hell itself. Hence banished is banish’d from the world, And world’s exile is death; then ‘banished,’ Is death mis-term’d. Calling death ‘banished,’25Thou cutt’st my head off with a golden axe,40And smil’st upon the stroke that murders me.
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet. Paris: These times of woe afford no time to woo.10Madam, good-night: commend me to your daughter. Lady Capulet: I will, and know her mind early to-morrow; To-night she’s mew’d up to her heaviness. Therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not. Capulet: Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender Of my child’s love: I think she will be rul’d15In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not.
Read this excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. Tybalt: Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford No better term than this,—thou art a villain.35 Romeo: Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting; villain am I none, Therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not. Tybalt: Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries40That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw.
Read the paragraph.Lara hesitated at the door. She confirmed the room number, comparing it to the schedule in her sweaty hands. With downcast eyes, she shuffled toward the teacher’s desk. Greeting the teacher, she timidly asked, "Spanish Two, Señora Garcia?”
Which words and phrases from the passage support the motif of darkness? Select four responses.
expositionrising actionclimaxresolution
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