Romeo and Juliet- Literary Terms

Romeo and Juliet- Literary Terms

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English

9th Grade

Hard

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Sheila O'Dwyer

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

After Mercutio gets stabbed, he says about his wound, “It’s not as deep as a well, nor wide as a church door…”

Back

simile

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What literary device is used in Mercutio's line: “Ask for me tomorrow, and you will find me a grave man

Back

pun

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

O heavy lightness, serious foolishness...feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire…”

Back

oxymoron

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Juliet says to Romeo, I think I see you now as if you were at the bottom of a grave. Either my eyes fail or you look pale.”

Back

foreshadowing

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

"Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." These are the first four lines of a ___________ in the Prologue of Act 1.

Back

sonnet

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What literary device is used in the quote: "I am too wounded with Cupid's arrow to fly with his light feathers, and, so bound, I cannot bound above sadness."?

Back

allusion

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When Romeo sees Juliet on her balcony, he’s talking to himself, but Juliet cannot hear him (only the audience can hear him), and he says, “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?.........”

Back

soliloquy

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