Shakespeare Figurative Language

a reference to something the audience should/ is expected to know is

• dramatic irony

• allusion

• soliloquy

• hyperbole

a remark to the audiencce or another character that others don't hear

• soliloquy

• aside

• pun

• hyperbole

giving something human qualities is called

• pun

• allusion

• dramatic irony

• personification

"Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine, ... "

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

How does Shakespeare use figurative language to talk about death?

• Shakespeare compares life to a nightmare and death to peaceful sleep.

• Shakespeare compares life to crossing into new countries and death to being in a fixed state.

• Shakespeare compares life and death to battles in which one has the choice of fighting.

• Shakespeare compares death to sleep and dreams to the afterlife.

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

• Metaphor 

• Simile

• Irony

• Oxymoron

What is one way Shakespeare used figurative language in his plays?

• By writing in simple, straightforward prose.

• By using metaphors and similes to enhance imagery.

• By avoiding any form of symbolism.

• By focusing solely on historical events.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field

• Shakespeare

• Taylor Swift

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

If music be the food of love, play on;

Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,

The appetite may sicken, and so die

This is an example of

• dramatic irony

• metaphor

• simile

• personification