What are some rhetorical devices mentioned that contribute to the poetic nature of language?
Romeo and Juliet 1.1 Language: Blank Verse

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Alliteration and assonance
Similes and hyperboles
Metaphors and imagery
Personification and irony
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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How many syllables are typically found in a line of iambic pentameter?
9 syllables
10 syllables
11 syllables
8 syllables
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What is the term for poetry that does not rhyme?
Sonnet
Free verse
Blank verse
Limerick
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what form is the majority of Shakespeare's dialogue written?
Prose
Haiku
Blank verse
Rhymed couplets
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Why did Shakespeare's audience not find it strange that his plays were written in poetic form?
They did not understand prose
Serious literature was commonly written in verse
They were used to prose in plays
They preferred rhyming poetry
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