Romeo and Juliet Figurative Language

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

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.

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

• Personification 

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

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

• Metaphor 

• Simile

• Irony

• Oxymoron

What is a metaphor?

• Repeats sounds at the beginning of words.

• Provides two opposite words together.

• States that one thing is another without using like or as.

• Giving something human characteristics.

Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine lives, that I mean to make bold withal, and, as you shall use me hereafter, dry-beat the rest of the eight.

What does Mercutio mean by his figurative language here?

• Mercutio uses verbal irony or sarcasm to make Tybalt angry that he is being called a cat.

• Mercutio uses a figure of speech to indicate that he will beat Mercutio in the duel.

• Mercutio means to use a simile to express shock that Tybalt is still alive like a cat.

• Mercutio means to use Tybalt's nickname in an extended metaphor to threaten him with death.

No, tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a church-door, but tis enough, twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.

Mercutio here talks about his wound. What is the significance of the pun (or play on words) he uses?

• Even though grave means serious, Mercutio uses it because he knows he's dying (and will be in a "grave").

• He says his wound is "not so deep as a well," meaning he doesn't understand how bad his injury is.

• He says his wound "tis enough," meaning he knows it will get Tybalt put to death by the prince.

• He says, "Ask for me tomorrow" because he believes he will be better able to discuss everything then.

Thou, why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. What eye but such an eye would spy out such a quarrel? . . . Thou hast quarreled with a man for coughing in the street because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun.

Which of the following best explains the significance of Mercutio's lines here?

• These are metaphors that demonstrate that Mercutio recognizes how angry Benvolio always is.

• These lines are similes that show how much Mercutio hates Benvolio.

• These lines are ironic because they describe Mercutio himself more than Benvolio.

• These lines are foreshadowing how Benvolio will argue with the Capulets later that day.

Consort? What, dost thou make us minstrels? An thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but discords. Heres my fiddlestick. Heres that shall make you dance. Zounds, consort!

What is Mercutio trying to say to Tybalt using the metaphor of minstrels, fiddlesticks, and dancing?

• He is using imagery in order to get Tybalt to come to an agreement that they won't fight.

• He is answering Tybalt's insult with a metaphor that challenges Tybalt to a duel with swords that will make them parry (move against one another in a fight).

• He is using a simile to describe him and Benvolio as a street band of minstrels that will play music for them, so they can dance.

• He is using hyperbole to enrage Tybalt because he wants Tybalt to start the fight, knowing that whoever starts will be put to death by the prince.

What literary device is being used? "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile