WorksheetsRomeo & Juliet Figurative Language Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
When Tybalt says of Romeo crashing the Capulet's party..."this intrusion shall, now seeming sweet, convert to bitt'rest gall" (Shakespeare 1.5.910-91), it is an example of:
foreshadowing
oxymoron
metaphor
monologue
When Romeo first meets Juliet he refers to her as "this holy shrine." This is an example of:
foreshadowing
antithesis
oxymoron
metaphor
Romeo comparing Juliet to a shrine and saints does which of the following (select all that apply)
Demonstrates that he thinks she is perfect
Shows that he is confusing Juliet with someone else
Shows that he Juliet should be worshipped
Is his way of saying he wants to marry her
During the balcony scene, Juliet worries that if anything happened that night her and Romeo's love would be "too like the lightning, which doth cease to be ere on can say "it lightens". This is an example of
metaphor
foreshadowing
simile
personification
Juliet's comparison of their love to lightning highlights her worry that
Their love has too much passion
Their love for each other will end quickly
Romeo is actually in love with someone else
Once she knows Romeo she will not love him anymore
In Act I, when Romeo is in anguish because Rosalind does not love he says, "O loving hate..O heavy lightness...serious vanity, feather of lead..." These are all examples of
Antitheses
Similies
Oxymorons
Personifications
When Romeo leaves Juliet's after he is banished, Juliet makes the following remark. She says, "Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb". Which two elements is this an example of?
metaphor
allusion
foreshadowing
simile
At the start of the play, after the fight the Prince comes out and gives a speech to the crowd telling the Capulets and Montagues to stop. This is an example of
a solioquy
a monologue
an aside
a sonnet
Juliet's speech to herself before she drinks the potion from the Friar is an example of
a solioquy
a monologue
an aside
a sonnet
When the Friar is describing the potion affects he says it will make Juliet appear "like Death when he shuts up the day of life". This is an example of which two elements below
antithesis
oxymoron
personification
simile
Upon think Juliet is dead, Lord Capulet says "Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir. My daughter he hath wed." This is an example of
antithesis
metaphor
personification
aside
When Juliet finds out that Romeo murdered Tybalt, she says "O damned saint, an honourable villain" it is an example of
antitheses
foreshadowing
allusion
oxymorons
What point is Juliet making by using those oxymorons (damned saint) when talking about Romeo murdering Tybalt
That Romeo's bad looks match his rotten insides
That Romeo fooled her because on the outside he seemed so perfect
That Tybalt forced Romeo to become bad
That Romeo's action of murdering Tybalt make him even better
After Juliet learns that Romeo is a Montague at her party she says "my only love sprung from my only hate." This is an example of
an allusion
an antithesis
a metaphor
a sonnet
At the very end of the play, the Prince rebukes both Capulet and Montague by saying "see what scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love". This is an example of
an antithesis
foreshadowing
metaphor
an oxymoron
When Romeo is complaining that Rosalind does not love her he says, "she'll not be hit with Cupid's arrow, she hath Dian's (Dian = Greek goddess of chastity) wit". He uses two of which element
antitheses
similes
allusions
asides
In the final scene, when Balthasar and Romeo are outside the tomb, Balthasar has an aside and says "For all this same, I'll hide me hereabout.." What does this mean
Romeo and the audience heard his comment
Only the audience heard this line, not Romeo
He is just whispering in Romeo's ear
The line is optional and the actor does not have to say it
