Romeo and Juliet Literary Elements and Plot Prologue to Act 2

What is an example of a simile?

• I do bite my thumb, sir.

• I’ll know his grievance or be much denied.

• But thou art not quickly moved to strike.

• I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.

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What is an example of a metaphor?

• In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman.

• Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.

• Examine other beauties.

• I'll pay that doctrine or else die in debt.

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What is an example of personification?

• This night I hold an old accustomed feast,

• Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she;

• Whose names are written there,

• Your plantain leaf is excellent for that.

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Where does the play take place?

• Athens

• Florence

• Venice

• Verona

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From which point of view is the play written?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• 4th person

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Who did Romeo love at the beginning of the play?

• Catalina

• Juliet

• Rosaline

• Helen

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Where did Romeo and Juliet first meet?

• On the street.

• In the grove of sycamore trees.

• At a masquerade ball at the Capulet house.

• At a masquerade ball at the Montague house.

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Who wants to marry Juliet and is not a member of either the Montague or the Capulet family?

• Romeo

• Peter

• Mercutio

• Paris

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Which of these characters is used for comedic relief?

• Tybalt

• The Nurse

• Paris

• Rosaline

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Which character is short-tempered and characterized as a hothead?

• Tybalt

• Benvolio

• Romeo

• The Nurse

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