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Romeo and Juliet Literary Devices
Romeo and Juliet Literary Devices
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Revise #literary #devices before writing your #essay AKA #narrative #techniques
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When am I allowed to use first person in my essay?
NEVER! Not even in a quote!
When I am giving my own opinion
If I am begging Miss for a better mark
Inside a direct quote ONLY
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Which device? "
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep"
metaphor
soliloquy
personification
simile
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What does this mean? "He's a flower, in faith, a very flower." -Nurse
Paris is as toxic as a poisonous plant
A witch turned Paris into a flower
The Nurse wants to marry a botanist
Paris is as beautiful as a flower
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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 was made by hundreds of bees.
He is fake and empty inside.
He is so handsome, he's like a sculpture.
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"Ask me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man" How is this a pun?
Mercutio is a serious man and also an undertaker
He is dying and needs a grave and also he likes gravy.
Mercutio is dying and he will joke no more
He is asking his friend to find him a grave, man
6
Which is the correct spelling?
Shakeabeer
Shakepeare
Shakespear
Shakespeare
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"Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!" Which technique?
allusion
mise en scene
oxymoron
analogy
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Who is the antagonist?
Juliet
Tybalt
Romeo
Nurse
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How many body paragraphs do I need in my essay?
At least 3
2 is enough
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Who is not to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
The Prince
Boo Radley
The parents
Friar Lawrence
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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 peaceful bird among thieves
A pure beauty among ugly scavengers
A fair, beautiful lady among handsome men
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"Juliet is the sun" Which technique?
understatement
metaphor
simile
literally
13
Which technique? "A dog of the house of Montague moves me"
expert opinion
metaphor
couplet
literally
14
Who is a protagonist?
Lady Montague
Romeo
Mercutio
Capulet
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"Poor Living corpse, closed in a dead man's tomb" Which technique?
oxymoron
sonnet
repetition
couplet
16
"O brawling love! O loving hate!" Which technique?
oxymoron
simile
rhetorical question
metaphor
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Which is not an example of a societal issue?
Girls expected to marry young
Violence in the streets of Verona
Parents choosing a husband for their daughters
Mercutio is a bit weird
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Which technique? "Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
simile
personification
metaphor
sonnet
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"She'll not be hit with cupid's arrow" What technique?
exaggeration
repetition
expert opinion
allusion
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What is being personified here? "Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon"
Juliet
Murder
The sun and the moon
Romeo and Juliet
21
What does Romeo mean by "O, I am fortune's fool" ?
He has fickle luck
He is foolish for believing in luck
He has good luck
A fortune teller fooled him
22
Why does Mercutio call Tybalt a "rat-catcher"
He thinks Romeo is a rat
He is insulting his nickname "Prince of cats"
Tybalt has a pet rat
He is insulting his profession as a pest exterminator
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What does Capulet mean when he calls Tybalt a "saucy boy"?
Tybalt once starred in ad for Mayonnaise when he was a boy
Tybalt is sexy
Tybalt is a troublemaker
Tybalt's last name is Heinz
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The prologue is a:
sonnet
haiku
cygnet
limerick
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What does Romeo mean by "She doth teach the torches to burn bright!"?
Juliet is a good teacher
Juliet lights up the room
The room has poor lighting
Juliet is stable like wood, wood is used in a fire
