Romeo and Juliet - Dramatic Devices

This is an example of

• Oxymoron

• Pun

• Quatrain

• Allusion

Answer explanation

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

This is an example of

• Allusion

• Couplet

• Simile

• Personification

Answer explanation

The eye "discourses" (speaks).

This is an example of

• Couplet

• Simile

• Pun

• Allusion

Answer explanation

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

This is an example of

• Pun

• Couplet

• Oxymoron

• Personification

Answer explanation

"Desire" is being personified.

This is an example of a(n)

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Pun

This is an example of

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Personification

Answer explanation

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

What is this NOT an example of?

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Quatrain

• Allusion

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

The rhyming scheme in this quatrain is

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABBA

• ABCB

This is an example of

• Personification

• Sonnet

• Simile

• Oxymoron

What is this NOT an example of?

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

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.