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WorksheetsRomeo + Juliet Figurative Language
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
ROMEO: Not I, believe me You have dancing shoes With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead
Allusion
Pun
Oxymoron
Aside
JULIET: Go ask his name: if he be married/My grave is like to be my wedding bed.
Pun
Personification
Foreshadowing
Tone
Romeo is listening to Juliet on the balcony and he speaks to the audience asking if he should let her know he is there.
Metaphor
Foil
Imagery
Aside
Which of these lines is spoken in iambic pentameter?
Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days
Quarrel, I will back thee
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are
Consort? What, dost thou make us minstrels?
BENVOLIO: Part, fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do.[Beats down their swords] Which is stage directions?
BENVOLIO:
Part, fools!
Put up your swords; you know not what you do.
[Beats down their swords]
Which is an example of a monologue?
Romeo and Juliet's first conversation at the party
Prince Escalus breaking up the fight in Act I, Scene 1
Juliet talking to the moon about the cute boy she met at the party
Juliet begging the nurse to give her news about Romeo
Which is an example of a soliloquy?
Friar Lawrence scolding Romeo for crying so much
Tybalt wanting to start a fight when he sees Romeo at the party
Juliet pacing the floor wondering aloud why the Nurse hasn't come back yet
Juliet telling Romeo that maybe they are moving too fast
A Shakespearean sonnet has:
12 lines, and is in iambic pentameter
12 lines, and an ABAB CDCD EFEF rhyme scheme
14 lines, and is in iambic pentameter
14 lines, and an ABBA CDDC EFG EFG rhyme scheme
ROMEO: But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. This is an example of:
Metaphor
Allusion
Oxymoron
Theme
When Prince Escalus says that the penalty for fighting in the future will be death, his TONE is:
Arrogant
Bitter
Exasperated
Evasive
Which might be one theme of Romeo & Juliet?
There is no such thing as true love; it's only about physical desire
Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight
Teenagers are too young to understand what real love is
Love can be an overpowering force that is stronger than your other values
Which of these is an example of Dramatic Irony?
Before the party, when Juliet's mother tells her about Paris's proposal
Before the party, when Mercutio is teasing Romeo about Rosaline
After the party, when Mercutio is teasing Romeo about Rosaline
After the party, when Juliet talks to Romeo from her balcony
Which of these is an example of foreshadowing in Romeo & Juliet?
Romeo's dream about his own death
Juliet's father insisting she marry Paris
The Nurse's jokes about marriage
Juliet's comments about the beauty of the night
Balthasar comes to tell Romeo that Juliet is dead, and “her immortal part with angels lives” (5.1.20). The audience knows this is not true, but Romeo does not, causing tension and becoming an example of this term:
allusion
dramatic irony
simile
pun
When Romeo looks on Juliet’s “dead” body, he say that “death’s pale flag is not advanced” on her lips and cheeks (5.3.97). Comparing a corpse’s pallor to a pale flag is an example of:
oxymoron
alliteration
metaphor
personification
Romeo and Juliet is an example of this type of play:
history
comedy
musical
tragedy
Act V begins as Romeo is speaking onstage to himself, telling his innermost thoughts. This is an example of:
monologue
aside
soliloquy
dramatic irony
When Romeo says that he has a feeling the party will be the start of something bad, something that will end with his own death, what figurative language is being used?
Oxymoron
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night,
like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Rhyme
O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night...
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books.
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Rhyme
