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