Romeo and Juliet - Dramatic Devices

Front

This is an example of: Oxymoron, Pun, Quatrain, Allusion

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Oxymoron

Answer explanation

"Brawling love" and "loving hate" have contradictory (opposite) meanings.

Front

This is an example of: Allusion, Couplet, Simile, Personification

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Personification

Answer explanation

The eye "discourses" (speaks).

Front

This is an example of Couplet, Simile, Pun, Allusion

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Pun

Answer explanation

Soles (bottom of feet) and soul (spirit).

Front

This is an example of Pun, Couplet, Oxymoron, Personification

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Personification

Answer explanation

"Desire" is being personified.

Front

This is an example of a(n): Metaphor, Simile, Oxymoron, Pun

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Metaphor

Front

This is an example of: Metaphor, Oxymoron, Allusion, Personification

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Allusion

Answer explanation

The passage alludes to Venus and Cupid (Roman gods), King Cophetua (a mythical figure), and Abraham (a biblical figure).

Front

What is this NOT an example of? Options: Personification, Oxymoron, Quatrain, Allusion

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Oxymoron

Answer explanation

Personification = the morning "smiles" and the night is "frowning"

Allusion = refers to Titan, a Greek god

Quatrain = 4 lines with a rhyme scheme

Front

The rhyming scheme in this quatrain is: ABAB, AABB, ABBA, ABCB

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AABB

Front

This is an example of: Personification, Sonnet, Simile, Oxymoron

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Oxymoron

Front

What is this NOT an example of?

• Personification
• Oxymoron
• Simile
• Metaphor

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Oxymoron

Answer explanation

Personification = Death is "lying" on Juliet

Simile = Death is like an untimely frost

Metaphor = Juliet is the sweetest flower in the field

There is no oxymoron present in this passage.