Romeo and Juliet Figurative Language Quiz

What figurative language device is used in the quote "The moon is already sick and pale with grief because you, Juliet, her maid, are more beautiful than she."?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the effect of the figurative language used in the quote "Our love, which right now is like a flower bud in the summer air, may turn out to be a beautiful flower by the next time we meet"?

• It shows the uncertainty and potential growth of Romeo and Juliet's love.

• It indicates that their love is wilting like a flower.

• It suggests that their love is unchanging and everlasting.

• It compares their love to a summer's day.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which figurative language device is used by Romeo when he says "The woman who you think is as beautiful as a swan is going to look as ugly as a crow to you."?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the quote "I'm locked up in a prison and deprived of food. I'm whipped and tortured." what figurative language device is Romeo using?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the effect of the device used in the quote "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun"?

• It shows that Juliet is a source of light and warmth in Romeo's life.

• It suggests that Juliet is far away and unreachable like the sun.

• It indicates that Juliet is hot and fiery.

• It compares Juliet's beauty to the brightness of the daytime.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Figurative Language:
"Poor living corpse" 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Irony
• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Figurative Language:
"Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir,
My daughter he hath wedded."

• Personification 
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Figurative Language:
"Death lies on her like an untimely frost"

• Metaphor 
• Simile
• Irony
• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3