Lady Capulet looks on the lovers’ dead bodies and says “this sight of death is as a bell/ That warns my old age” (5.3.214-215). Comparing the sight of death to a warning bell is an example of:
Romeo and Juliet Figurative Language

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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oxymoron
simile
metaphor
personification
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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When Romeo looks on Juliet’s “dead” body, he say that “death’s pale flag is not advanced” on her lips and cheeks (5.3.97). Comparing a corpse’s pallor to a pale flag is an example of
oxymoron
simile
metaphor
personification
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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At the beginning of scene one, Romeo tells that he “dreamt my lady came and found me dead” (5.1.6). This is a hint of what is to come and therefore an example of:
allusion
foreshadowing
simile
metaphor
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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In scene one, Balthasar comes to tell Romeo that Juliet is dead, and “her immortal part with angels lives” (5.1.20). The audience knows this is not true, but Romeo does not, causing tension and becoming an example of this term:
allusion
dramatic irony
simile
pun
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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In scene two, Friar John makes a reference to the Black Death stating that he was in a house that was suspected of “infectious pestilence” (5.2.10). This reference is an example of:
allusion
oxymoron
personification
simile
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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O, speak again, bright angel, Juliet, for thou art as glorious to this night...
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Rhyme
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Rhyme
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