Romeo and Juliet: Act 3 Literary Devices

-"wedded to calamity"

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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A character who sets off another character by contrast is called a _______.

• Foreshadowing

• Foil

• Figurative Language

• Imagery

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-"no. tis not so deep as a well, nor as wide as a church door"

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• pun

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A figure of speech in which an animal, object or idea is given a personality and described as a human.

• Simile

• Epithet

• Antagonist

• Personification

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-beautiful tyrant

• hyperbole

• personification

• pun

• oxymoron

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A reference in one work of literature to a person, place or event in another work of literature or in history, art or music.

• Allusion

• Illusion

• Conflict

• Imagery

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-"indeed i never shall be satisfied with Romeo till i behold him---dead--"

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Metaphor

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A contrast between what the audience perceives and what a character does not know. I.E. the audience knows more than the people in the text or on the stage.

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-"Methinks i see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb"

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

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What is a soliloquy?

• A speech, usually fairly long in length, that is given by a character to an intended audience

• A brief reference to a notable person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or religion.

• Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence.

• A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts aloud to himself or herself.

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