Romeo and Juliet Figurative Language

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1. A figure of speech in which objects or animals are given human qualities is:

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

2. When the audience knows something that the character does not know is:

• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Stage Irony
• Verbal Irony

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

3. A pun is:

• a comparison using like or as
• the repetition of one or more beginning sounds
• a play on words that have similar sounds but different meanings
• when objects or animals are given human qualities

4. A comparison using like or as is:

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5. A statement that combines two terms usually seen as opposites is:

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron
• Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6. A metaphor is:

• A comparison of unlike objects without using like or as
• a comparison using like or as
• a play on words that have similar sounds but different meanings
• the repetition of one or more beginning sounds, usually consonants

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7. A difference between what is said and what is meant is:

• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Stage Irony
• Verbal Irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

8. Alliteration is:

• when objects are given human qualities
• a short speech delivered by a character in a play
• the repetition of one or more beginning sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words
• the repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

9. Two lines of poetry in a row that rhymes is a:

• Sonnet
• Quatrain
• Couplet
• Meter

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4