Figurative language
"O heavy lightness!" is an example of a(n)
O heavy lightness!" is an oxymoron because it combines two words with opposite meanings:
Heavy = something that has weight or burden (emotionally or physically)
Lightness = something airy, gentle, or carefree
This character contrasts with another character, by highlighting specific traits and qualities of another character.
Foil character
A speech when one character is alone on stage and the audience knows what he/she is thinking is known as what type of speech?
Soliloquy
This types of irony occurs when the reader or audience is aware of a contradiction or situation that a character(s) does not know.
What type of figurative language is "
"That dreamers often lie."
It’s a pun because lie has a double meaning—dreamers both "lie" down to sleep and may also "lie" (as in not tell the truth). Shakespeare was all about that wordplay!
Juliet is what type of character?
She grows from an obedient daughter to an independent young woman who makes her own bold choices.
Dynamic
When a character is giving a long speech in present of other characters on stage is known as a
monologue
This type of irony occurs when someone says something that deliberately contradicts what that person actually means.
Verbal irony
When Friar Lawrence states, "These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder," He uses this type of figurative language
Simile
This character uses playful bander and earthy humor, and is often found with Juliet.
The Nurse
This is a literary device where a character breaks the fourth wall to speak directly to the audience.
or
A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play
Aside
In Act 4 when Paris tells Friar Lawrence that he and Juliet will be married on Thursday is an example of what type of irony?
Dramatic
When Romeo is refers to "love to a pilgrimage", he is using this type of figurative language
Metaphor
This character gives a long monologue about a fairy queen
Mercutio
What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?
Comedy
Tragedy
History
Satire
Tragedy
When Juliet tells Lord Capulet that she will marry Paris and be forever ruled by her father is what type of irony?
Verbal irony
What type of figurative language is found in this quote,
"She'll not be hit with Cupid's arrow.
Allusion
Tybalt is what kind of character
He remains aggressive and fiery throughout the play, never changing.
Static
"I fear too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date..." – Romeo, Act 1, Scene 4
What dramatic term best describes the meaning of this quote?
A) Metaphor
B) Foreshadowing
C) Oxymoron
D) Irony
B) Foreshadowing
Romeo kills himself because he believes Juliet is dead, but she is only sleeping is what type of irony?
Dramatic