Eng 9-S2 RJ Literary Devices Review

Question 1

A direct comparison between two unlike things sometimes using "is" is called a:

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Metaphor

Question 2

Romeo tells Balthasar, "I dreamt my lady came and found me dead." This is an example of:

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Foreshadowing

Question 3

"So tedious is this day as is the night before some festival to an impatient child." This is a:

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Simile

Question 4

Upon learning about Tybalt's death, Juliet calls Romeo "an honorable villain!"

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This is an oxymoron.

Question 5

The Friar tells Romeo he will have "twenty hundred thousand times more joy." This is:

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Hyperbole

Question 6

"Death lies on her like an untimely frost/Upon the sweetest flower of all the field." This is:

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Simile

Question 7

As Mercutio dies he says, "To-morrow...you shall find me a grave man." This is an example of:

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Pun

Question 8

Waiting for Romeo, Juliet says, "I have bought the mansion of love, but not yet possess'd it"

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This is a metaphor

Question 9

"You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles:I have a soul of lead" This is an example of:

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Pun

Question 10

Romeo says, "Commend me to they lady." The Nurse responds, "Ay, a thousand times." This is a:

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Hyperbole

Question 11

A suggestion or clue of something that will happen later in the text is called:

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Foreshadowing

Question 12

When Romeo refers to the sliver of the moon as "Cynthia's brow" it is an example of:

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Allusion

Question 13

A reference to a well known person, place, event, or thing that exists outside of the text is:

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Allusion

Question 14

Giving a non-human object a human characteristic, behavior, or quality is called:

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Personification

Question 15

When Juliet learns Romeo killed Tybalt she says, "Damned Saint!" This is an example of:

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An oxymoron

Question 16

"O day! O day! O day! O hateful day!" is an example of:

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Repetition

Question 17

An indirect comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" is a:

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Simile

Question 18

Putting two contradictory words together (such as "civil war") is:

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Oxymoron

Question 19

An extreme exaggeration used to draw emphasis is called:

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Hyperbole

Question 20

At the end of the play the Prince says, "The sun for sorrow will not show his head." This is:

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Personification

Question 21

"Dido a dowdy, Cleopatra a gypsy" This quote contains:

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Alllusion

Question 22

A play on words in which a word has more than one meaning is a:

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Pun

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