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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Figurative Language
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is an "allusion"?
Device in which the character speaks to the audience
Verse written in unrhymed lines
Comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as
A reference to a person, place, or thing in the text
What is a metaphor?
Words or phrases that contradict each other
A line of poetry with five sets of unstressed syllables, followed by stressed syllables
Act of using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation
Comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as
What is a pun?
Joke based on the word play of homophones
Two lines that rhyme and complete one thought
Literary device in which a character speaks to themself, relating their innermost thoughts and feelings
A single line in a play or poem
What is a rhyming couplet?
Language that exaggerates what you mean
Word or phrase with a double meaning
Two words that rhyme and complete one thought
The attribution of human characteristics to something that is not human
What is foreshadowing?
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a word
Warning or indication of a future event in the text
Verse written in unrhymed lines
Words or phrases that contradict each other
What is dramatic irony?
The significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience although unknown to the characters on stage
A line of poetry with five sets of unstressed syllables, followed by stressed syllables
A reference to a person, place, or thing in the text
Device in which the character speaks to the audience
What is alliteration?
Verse written in unrhymed lines
The attribution of human characteristics to something that is not human
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a word
Comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as
What is personification?
A line of poetry with five sets of unstressed syllables, followed by stressed syllables
The attribution of human characteristics to something that is not human
The significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience although unknown to the characters on stage
Literary device in which a character speaks to themself, relating their innermost thoughts and feelings
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?
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
Pun
Hyperbole
"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?
Simile
Metaphor
Rhyming Couplet
Foreshadowing
"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?
Simile
Hyperbole
Allusion
Pun
"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon." What is this quote an example of?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Rhyming Couplet
Personification
"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?
Dramatic Irony
Rhyming Couplet
Metaphor
Double Entendre
"The day to cheer and night's dank dew to dry." What is this quote an example of?
Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
Assonance
"Gallop apace, you fiery forced steeds, towards PHOEBUS' lodging." What is this quote an example of?
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Alliteration
