Midsummer Night's Dream Figurative Language

In this passage, to what does Helena compare Love?

• a child

• a bird

• hail

• a flower

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?

• "And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,/ So he dissolved, and show'rs of oaths did melt."

• "He will not know what all but he do know./ And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes"

• "Then to the wood will he to-morrow night/ Pursue her..."

• "How happy some o'er other some can be! / Through Athens I am thought as fair as she."

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following lines contains and allusion?

• "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,"

• "But herein I mean to enrich my pain,"

• "Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste;"

• "And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind;"

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following line from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': 'The course of true love never did run smooth.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What literary device is used in the phrase 'I have a widow aunt, a dowager of great revenue' from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Euphemism

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which character uses the metaphor 'Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind'?

• Hermia

• Helena

• Lysander

• Demetrius

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following lines from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' contains a simile?

• 'So quick bright things come to confusion.'

• 'I am your spaniel.'

• 'The course of true love never did run smooth.'

• 'Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.'

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the effect of the personification in the line 'The moon, methinks, looks with a watery eye'?

• It creates a sense of mystery.

• It adds humor to the scene.

• It evokes sympathy for the moon.

• It emphasizes the sadness of the scene.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which character in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is associated with the use of hyperbole in their speech?

• Bottom

• Puck

• Oberon

• Titania

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the purpose of the oxymoron in the phrase 'lamentable comedy' from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

• To create confusion

• To highlight the absurdity

• To evoke laughter

• To emphasize tragedy

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A