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Romeo and Juliet Literary Devices
Romeo and Juliet Literary Devices
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Which is not an example of a societal issue?
Parents choosing a husband for their daughters
Girls expected to marry young
Mercutio is a bit weird
Violence in the streets of Verona
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What does this mean? "He's a flower, in faith, a very flower." -Nurse
A witch turned Paris into a flower
Paris is as toxic as a poisonous plant
The Nurse wants to marry a botanist
Paris is as beautiful as a flower
3
"She'll not be hit with cupid's arrow" What technique?
repetition
expert opinion
allusion
exaggeration
4
"Poor Living corpse, closed in a dead man's tomb" Which technique?
oxymoron
sonnet
repetition
couplet
5
What is being personified here? "Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon"
Murder
The sun and the moon
Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
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Which technique? "A dog of the house of Montague moves me"
literally
couplet
expert opinion
metaphor
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"O brawling love! O loving hate!" Which technique?
simile
rhetorical question
oxymoron
metaphor
8
How many body paragraphs do I need in my essay?
At least 3
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2 is enough
100
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When Romeo uses the analogy "So shows a dove trooping with crows" he is comparing Juliet to
A delicate woman among strong soldiers
A pure beauty among ugly scavengers
A fair, beautiful lady among handsome men
A peaceful bird among thieves
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Which technique? "Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
metaphor
sonnet
simile
personification
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When am I allowed to use first person in my essay?
NEVER! Not even in a quote!
If I am begging Miss for a better mark
Inside a direct quote ONLY
When I am giving my own opinion
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What does Romeo mean by "O, I am fortune's fool" ?
He has fickle luck
A fortune teller fooled him
He is foolish for believing in luck
He has good luck
13
What does Capulet mean when he calls Tybalt a "saucy boy"?
Tybalt once starred in ad for Mayonnaise when he was a boy
Tybalt's last name is Heinz
Tybalt is a troublemaker
Tybalt is sexy
14
What does Romeo mean by "She doth teach the torches to burn bright!"?
Juliet is a good teacher
Juliet is stable like wood, wood is used in a fire
The room has poor lighting
Juliet lights up the room
15
"Juliet is the sun" Which technique?
literally
metaphor
understatement
simile
16
"Ask me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man" How is this a pun?
He is dying and needs a grave and also he likes gravy.
Mercutio is a serious man and also an undertaker
He is asking his friend to find him a grave, man
Mercutio is dying and he will joke no more
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Who is a protagonist?
Romeo
Mercutio
Capulet
Lady Montague
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Which device? "
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep"
metaphor
personification
soliloquy
simile
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Which is the correct spelling?
Shakeabeer
Shakepeare
Shakespear
Shakespeare
20
Who is not to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
The parents
Boo Radley
Friar Lawrence
The Prince
21
What does this metaphor mean? "Why, he is a man of wax"
He can be melted to help remove the hairs from one's legs
He is so handsome, he's like a sculpture.
He is fake and empty inside.
He was made by hundreds of bees.
22
The prologue is a:
limerick
sonnet
cygnet
haiku
23
Who is the antagonist?
Romeo
Nurse
Juliet
Tybalt
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Why does Mercutio call Tybalt a "rat-catcher"
He is insulting his profession as a pest exterminator
He is insulting his nickname "Prince of cats"
He thinks Romeo is a rat
Tybalt has a pet rat
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"Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!" Which technique?
analogy
mise en scene
oxymoron
allusion
