Literary Devices in Romeo and Juliet Acts I-V

indirect reference to outside literary or historical source

What literary device is seen in this line: "Nay, [Paris is] a flower, in faith--a very flower."

Mercutio, Benvolio and Tybalt are all _ to Romeo in the play

lineament/content; lies/eyes; lover/cover; pride/hide

What device is Shakespeare using when Mercutio calls Tybalt "good King of Cats," from the fable Reynard the Fox?

"I am too sore enpierced with his shaft / To soar with his light feathers; and so bound"

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The prologue of Romeo and Juliet is an example of which literary term?

[Enter CAPULET, his WIFE, JULIET, TYBALT, NURSE, and all the GUESTS and GENTLEWOMEN]

What literary device is on display when Capulet says "Death is my son-in-law; Death is my heir"?

"...With nimble soles, I have a soul of lead" is an example of what literary term?

Literary device: A damnèd saint, an honorable villain!

"If love be blind, it cannot hit the mark"

a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does

Juliet's famous line "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore are thou Romeo?" actually means

"Juliet is the sun"

What literary device is present in this quote from Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet?

"The shady curtains from Aurora's bed" is an example of what literary device?

Romeo's "What light through yonder window breaks" speech while looking at Juliet's window.

"O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything, of nothing first created!"

Name the literary device

"I fear, too early; for my mind misgives / Some consequence yet hanging in the stars"

Shakespeare's favorite poetic meter

“My only love sprung from my only hate.”

Lord Montague had a rough day the day Romeo died. When he finds out his son is dead, he says

The point of highest tension that leads to the resolution. Ex) The deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

When Sampson asks Gregory if the law is on their side if he starts a fight with the Montagues

"For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

What was Friar Laurence’s main reason for marrying Romeo and Juliet?

Iambic pentameter is a kind of poetic meter that most closely imitates...

"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?"

How many people die in Romeo and Juliet?

METER: An Iamb is...

Distinguish which pair of characters are foils in Romeo and Juliet.

a contrast between what is said and what is meant

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My love as deep; the more I give to thee,"

when the audience knows something that one or more of the characters in the story do not.

After Tybalt's death, the Prince sentences Romeo to which of the following punishments?

What is the literary term for Juliet's long speech about her fears regarding the potion plan?

Romeo says, "I defy thee, stars!"

Romeo has a dream before the party, warning him that something will happen to change his fate

Romantic love versus family responsibility

"She'll not be hit / With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit,"

How many syllables are there in one line of iambic pentameter?