Final Review RJ

During the balcony scene in Act 2, Romeo and Juliet's famous speeches are examples of

• Monologues

• Asides

• Soliloquies

• Dialogue

An extreme exaggeration is called

• a hyperbole

• a simile

• an oxymoron

• an idiom

When a character delivers a soliloquy, he or she

• Directs their thoughts to other characters onstage

• Speaks from behind a curtain or somewhere offstage

• Expresses private thoughts to the audience

• Describes an event that is related to but not a part of the dialogue

In the balcony scene, Romeo says to the audience, “Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this.” This form of speech is

• Dialogue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Monologu

The phrase wild goose chase is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

A tragedy is defined by all of the following qualities except

• Serious action that ends unhappily.

• A main character dies.

• A happy ending results after serious actions and complications.

• A character is responsible for his or her own death.

Which of the following lines is an example of alliteration?

• Only this and nothing more

• While I nodded, nearly napping,

• Nameless here for evermore

• This it is and nothing more.

A character foil is a

• Character who does not change over the course of the play

• Speech by a character that correctly predicts a future event in the play

• Character who contrasts vividly with another character

• Prop that a character depends on throughout a play

Words like buzz, zap, and pow are examples of

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• pun

• oxymoron

A reference that is made to something that is known in literature, movies, sports, history, or the arts is

• an allusion

• alliteration

• an idiom

• an oxymoron