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Literary Techniques in Romeo and Juliet - College Prep
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Literary Techniques (basic) in Romeo and Juliet
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Juliet's speech as she waits for the nurse to return from meeting with Romeo (Act 3)
Monologue
Aside
Soliloquy
Pun
2
"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn"
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
3
What type of speech typically provides insight into a character's true feelings?
soliloquy
allusion
aside
monologue
4
"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."
Metaphor
Pun
Oxymoron
Simile
5
The play opens with Sampson and Gregory instigating a fight. What literary technique is used?
Aside
Monologue
Soliloquy
That's what she said
6
True or False: Puns are used to create dramatic tension in the scene.
False
True
7
Who is the tragic hero in
Romeo and Juliet
?
Romeo
Juliet
Mercutio
Tybalt
8
The audience knows about the causes of conflicts before the characters
Oxymoron
Allusion
Personification
Dramatic irony
9
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
Simile
Personification
Oxymoron
Metaphor
10
T or F: Both soliloquys and asides are similar because they are only heard by the audience.
False
True
11
The Nurse's story told to Lady Cap and Juliet about Juliet as a child in Act I.
Monologue
Pun
Soliloquy
Aside
12
"I will withdraw. But this intrusion shall, now seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall.”
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Metaphor
Pun
13
The Prince's speech/warning to the Caps and the Monts in the beginning of Act I.
Aside
Monologue
Soliloquy
Pun
14
All of the following are examples of iambic pentameter except:
lines 1, 2, 3
All lines
lines 1 and 2
lines 2 and 3
15
"By love, who first did prompt me to inquire; He lent me counsel and I lent him eyes."
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Oxymoron
16
"O loving hate... O heavy lightness"
Oxymoron
Opposites
Apostrophe
Juxtaposition
17
What can lead to the downfall of tragic heroes?
fate
nothing
Character or tragic flaws
Character flaws, fate, or both
18
Historical or literary references made in
Romeo and Juliet
Oxymoron
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
19
"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep."
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Symbolism
20
How many lines are in a Shakespearian sonnet?
13
15
12
14
