9th Figurative Language in Romeo and Juliet

A(n) __________ is a play on words based on the similarity of sound between two words with different meanings.

• pun
• aside
• prologue
• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

An unusually long speech in which a character who is on stage alone expresses his/her innermost thoughts and feelings is a(n) _________.

• monologue
• metaphor
• soliloquy
• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A remark made by one character that other characters on stage do not hear is a(n) _________.

• couplet
• metaphor
• soliloquy
• aside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A lengthy speech made by one character in a play that is addressed to other characters is a(n) _________.

• monologue
• metaphor
• soliloquy
• prologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Opposite words that are used together is a(n) _________.

• monologue
• pun
• soliloquy
• oxymoron

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which device is being demonstrated below?
 “You have dancing shoes / with nimble soles.  I have a soul of lead / So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.”

• aside
• prologue
• foil
• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which device is demonstrated below?
 “honourable villain”
“Loving hate"
"Feather of lead"
"Cold fire"

• oxymoron
• aside
• foil
• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which device is demonstrated below?
Mrs. Snyder tripped and fell on her face.  Mrs. Robertson said to her, “Oh, you’re so graceful!”

• verbal irony
• situational irony
• personification
• aside

Which device is demonstrated below?
They fought like cats and dogs.

• Metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• quatrain

Which device is demonstrated below?
David is a worm for what he did to Shelia.

• couplet
• aside
• metaphor
• simile