Romeo and Juliet- Literary Terms

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

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simile

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

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pun

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

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oxymoron

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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.”

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foreshadowing

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"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.

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sonnet

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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."?

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allusion

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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?.........”

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soliloquy

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When Romeo sees Juliet on her balcony, he says, “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!" What is this an example of?

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metaphor

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Literary device in Juliet's quote: "If he be married, my grave will be my marriage bed."

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foreshadowing

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What literary device is used when Romeo says, "I fear too early, for I have doubts. Something will begin with tonight's party."?

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foreshadowing