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Language in Romeo and Juliet
Language in Romeo and Juliet
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a review of some key figurative language and literary devices and elements from the play
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A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared, using like, as, or than
simile
foreshadowing
personification
irony
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"O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon,That monthly changes in her circle orb."
symbol: astral
metaphor
strong verbs
irony
3
"Death lies on her like an untimely frost."
metaphor
symbol:astral
pun
simile
4
"Go ask his name.—If he be married.My grave is like to be my wedding bed."
foreshadowing
symbol: astral
irony
pun
5
Word that suggests two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound
oxymoron
pun
irony
foreshadowing
6
An _________ is a figure of speech that produces a self-contradictory effect. "bittersweet"
foreshadowing
irony
personification
oxymoron
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Representing a non-human thing as if it were human
symbol
oxymoron
personification
foreshadowing
8
"I strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs."
irony
symbol: birds
simile
personification
9
"Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, And makes himself an artificial night."
light and dark images
symbol: birds
dramatic irony
simile
10
"I dreamt my lady came and found me dead."
personification
pun
foreshadowing
metaphor
11
"More light and light, more dark and dark our woes."
pun
simile
light and dark imagery
metaphor
12
"These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder."
contrasting elements
metaphor
symbol: birds
pun
13
"And yet, no man like he doth grieve my heart." Romeo as husband vs. Romeo as villain
foreshadowing
metaphor
pun
irony
14
The practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.
oxymoron
personification
foreshadowing
symbol
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"It was the nightingale not the lark."
symbol: astral
irony
symbol: birds
pun
16
"This day’s black fate on more days doth depend.This but begins the woe others must end."
oxymoron
foreshadowing
symbol: astral
pun
17
"So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows."
irony
symbol: birds
strong verbs
pun
18
When a situation is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
oxymoron
foreshadowing
pun
irony
19
"And so, good Capulet—which name I tender As dearly as my own—be satisfied."
contrasting elements
irony
metaphor
oxymoron
20
"My nyas?(baby hawk)"
irony
symbol: birds
simile
light and dark imagery
21
Literary term that gives a hint that something is going to happen.
irony
foreshadowing
pun
oxymoron
22
"...and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine."
pun
simile
imagery
dramatic irony
23
"My bounty is as boundless as the sea,My love as deep."
pun
light and dark imagery
symbol: birds
simile
24
"Beautiful tyrant! Just opposite to what thou seem’st. Damnèd saint, an honorable villain!"
pun
oxymoron
light and dark imagery
symbol: birds
25
"Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes"
pun
symbol: birds
metaphor
oxymoron
26
"Thou detestable maw, thy rotten jaws open, And in despite, I'll cram thee with more food."
personification
symbol: astral
pun
contrasting elements
27
"The earth, that’s nature’s mother, is her tomb. What is her burying, grave that is her womb."
foreshadowing
strong verbs
pun
metaphor
28
"I talk of dreams, Which is as thin of substance as the air And more inconstant than the wind."
symbol: birds
foreshadowing
simile
pun
29
"O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first created!"
symbol: astral
pun
simile
oxymoron
30
"My mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall begin this fearful date."
contrasting elements
pun
simile
foreshadowing
31
"But old folks, many feign as they were dead,Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead."
pun
symbol: astral
light and dark imagery
simile
32
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon."
foreshadowing
simile
symbol: astral
strong verbs
33
"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."
metaphor
pun
contrasting elements
symbol: birds
34
"Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light."
pun
symbol: astral
simile
irony
35
"You have dancing shoes With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead."
oxymoron
pun
metaphor
foreshadowing
