Romeo & Juliet Act 1-2, Figurative Language

A philosophy of love from chivalric times where falling in love brings physical and mental torture…

• Romantic Love

• Courtly Love

• Thematic Love

• Arthurian Love

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The funny use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time.

• Pun

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language or descriptions that appeal to the five senses

• Pun

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Combining two opposite words into a single phrase.

• Pun

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A brief reference to a famous person or event—often from literature, history, Greek myth, or the Bible.

• Pun

• Oxymorron

• Allusion

• Paradox

A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

• Pun

• Allusion

• Paradox

• Foreshadowing

A statement which seems contradictory but is really logical.

• Paradox

• Pun

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

A comparison between unlike things using “like” or “as.”

• Paradox

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

A comparison between unlike things without using “like” or “as.”

• Paradox

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• Paradox

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole