Shakespeare Figurative Language

a comparison of two unlike objects using a connective word such as like or as

• pun

• metaphor

• simile

• paradox

comparison of two unlike objects without the use of a connective word

• pun

• metaphor

• simile

• paradox

giving inanimate objects or animals human characteristics

• simile

• pun

• malaproprism

• symbolism

• personification

the use of any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself while standing for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value

• monologue

• personification

• motif

• symbolism

• allusion

"Ay; and let none enter, lest I break your pate."

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

... and hurl the name of husband in my face.

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

• Pun

What figurative language device is used here in an excerpt from Shakespeare's play "As You Like It":

"All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages."

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

What is the term for a play on words that exploits the different possible meanings of a word or words that sound alike but have different meanings?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Pun

• D) Irony

In Shakespeare's works, what is the term for a long speech by a character who is alone on stage, revealing their thoughts to the audience?

• A) Soliloquy

• B) Monologue

• C) Dialogue

• D) Aside

Which figurative language device is used in the phrase 'the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Alliteration