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Romeo and Juliet Figurative Language

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

What is an "allusion"?

a)

Device in which the character speaks to the audience

b)

Verse written in unrhymed lines

c)

Comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as

d)

A reference to a person, place, or thing in the text

2.

What is a metaphor?

a)

Words or phrases that contradict each other

b)

A line of poetry with five sets of unstressed syllables, followed by stressed syllables

c)

Act of using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation

d)

Comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as

3.

What is a pun?

a)

Joke based on the word play of homophones

b)

Two lines that rhyme and complete one thought

c)

Literary device in which a character speaks to themself, relating their innermost thoughts and feelings

d)

A single line in a play or poem

4.

What is a rhyming couplet?

a)

Language that exaggerates what you mean

b)

Word or phrase with a double meaning

c)

Two words that rhyme and complete one thought

d)

The attribution of human characteristics to something that is not human

5.

What is foreshadowing?

a)

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a word

b)

Warning or indication of a future event in the text

c)

Verse written in unrhymed lines

d)

Words or phrases that contradict each other

6.

What is dramatic irony?

a)

The significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience although unknown to the characters on stage

b)

A line of poetry with five sets of unstressed syllables, followed by stressed syllables

c)

A reference to a person, place, or thing in the text

d)

Device in which the character speaks to the audience

7.

What is alliteration?

a)

Verse written in unrhymed lines

b)

The attribution of human characteristics to something that is not human

c)

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a word

d)

Comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as

8.

What is personification?

a)

A line of poetry with five sets of unstressed syllables, followed by stressed syllables

b)

The attribution of human characteristics to something that is not human

c)

The significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience although unknown to the characters on stage

d)

Literary device in which a character speaks to themself, relating their innermost thoughts and feelings

9.

The audience knows that after the Capulet's party Romeo is going back to find Juliet. However, Mercutio and Benvolio think he is still upset over Rosaline. What is this an example of?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Pun

d)

Hyperbole

10.

"I fear, too early, for my mind misgives some CONSEQUENCES yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night's revels and expire the term of a despised life closed in my breast, by some vile forfeit of UNTIMELY DEATH." What is this quote an example of?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Rhyming Couplet

d)

Foreshadowing

11.

"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn." What is this quote an example of?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Allusion

d)

Pun

12.

"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon." What is this quote an example of?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Rhyming Couplet

d)

Personification

13.

"Hence will I to my ghostly sire's close cell, his help to crave, and my dear hap to tell." What is this quote an example of?

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Rhyming Couplet

c)

Metaphor

d)

Double Entendre

14.

"The day to cheer and night's dank dew to dry." What is this quote an example of?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Assonance

15.

"Gallop apace, you fiery forced steeds, towards PHOEBUS' lodging." What is this quote an example of?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Allusion

d)

Alliteration