Literary Devices in Romeo and Juliet

Which term means "a short speech heard by the audience, but not other characters"?

• aside

• conflict

• couplet

• metaphor

Which term means "a poem with 10 syllables in a line, stressed & unstressed patterns"?

• aside

• pun

• iambic pentameter

• foreshadow

Which term means "the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character"?

• personification

• characterization

• peoplization

• conflict

Which term means "play on words where a word has two meanings at the same time"?

• pun

• joke

• simile

• metaphore

Which term means "comparing using 'like' or 'as'"

• simile

• metaphor

• pun

• conflict

Which term means "a stanza with two rhyming lines"?

• couplet

• poem

• essay

• limerick

Which term means "adjective or adjective phrase that describes the character"?

• epithet

• limerick

• couplet

• noun

Which term means "a character whose personality is the opposite of another character’s personality"?

• foil

• tin

• oxymoron

• metaphor

Which term means "provide hints of what is to come"?

• foreshadow

• simile

• couplet

• conflict

Which term means "when an individual gives a speech to himself/herself"?

• soliloquy

• literary speech

• tin

• foil