Romeo and Juliet Quiz 3

Which is the best definition of diction?

• diction is singular for dictionary
• word choice used by an author
• words thought in a person's head

Which is NOT something that separates good diction from bad diction?

• on point with what you’re writing
• appropriate to the context of what you’re writing about
• understand easily by your audience
• always uses higher level vocabulary

Imagery is a type of figurative language.

• True
• False

Imagery, to be realistic, turns out to be more complex than just a picture. 

• True
• False

An overstatement is closely related, in definition, to which type of figurative language?

• imagery
• oxymoron
• hyperbole
• personification

Why would an author use an overstatement?

• humor
• emphasize a point
• make a point more serious
• all of the above

Paradox is a statement that seems to be self-contradictory but contains an underlying truth.

• True 
• Flase

The sentence "I am nobody" is an example of what type of literary device?

• imagery
• overstatement
• paradox 
• diction

Act V, Scene 3. Friar Lawrence says, "I am the greatest yet able to do least."
This is an example of what?

• paradox
• imagery
• overstatement
• diction

“But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!”
This is an example of what?

• paradox
• imagery
• overstatement
• diction