Shakespeare Figurative Language

Shakespeare frequently uses ________ to illustrate an idea in a unique way.

• simile

• foreshadowing

• paradox

• metaphor

... as easy mayest thou fall a drop of water ... as take from me thyself and not me too.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Cliche

a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing

• Dramatic Irony

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Situational Irony

Orsino: Why, so I do, the noblest that I have:

O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,

Methought she purg'd the air of pestilence!

That instant was I turn'd into a hart;

This is an example of

• personification

• simile

• prose

• metaphor

This is an example of:

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• verse

Orsino: Play that part again-it sounded melancholy. Oh, it sounded to me like a sweet breeze blowing over a bank of violets. This is an example of

• personification

• metaphor

• pun

• simile

When in the why and the wherefore is neither rhyme nor reason?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeaoia

• Metaphor

• Simile

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor in Shakespeare's works?

• A) Juliet is the sun

• B) As brave as a lion

• C) A heart of stone

• D) The world is a stage

In Shakespeare's plays, what is the term for a humorous play on words?

• A) Irony

• B) Pun

• C) Metaphor

• D) Allusion

What literary device is used in the line 'Out, out brief candle!' from Macbeth?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Alliteration