"Romeo and Juliet" Figurative Language

Front

What is a repeated group of four lines called?

Back

Quatrain

Front

What is a long speech given by a character to another character?

Back

Monologue

Front

What is a tragedy?

Back

A play of serious actions that ends unhappily.

Front

What is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What is a statement that combines two terms usually seen as opposites?

Back

Oxymoron

Front

What is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things?

Back

Metaphor

Front

What is a literary device that involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words?

Back

Alliteration

Front

What is a brief remark made by a character that is intended to be heard by the audience but not by other characters?

Back

Aside

Front

What is a figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis or effect?

Back

Hyperbole

Front

What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

Back

Allusion