Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Who said it?
Which scene?
100
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
What is a metaphor?
100
purblind
What is "having impaired vision"?
100
"Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books; but love from love toward school with heavy looks."
Who is Romeo?
100
Romeo begs Friar Lawrence to marry Juliet and him.
What is scene three?
200
"The grey eyed morn smiles on the frowning night."
What is personification?
200
wherefore
What is "for what reason"?
200
"Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow."
Who is Juliet?
200
Romeo and Juliet are married.
What is scene six?
300
"I would have thee gone, and yet no farther than a wanton's bird, that lets it hop a little from her hand, like a poor prisoner..."
What is a simile?
300
perverse
What is "to be unreasonable and stubborn"?
300
"Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied; and vice by action sometimes dignified."
Who is Friar Lawrence?
300
Romeo and Juliet exchange vows of love.
What is scene two?
400
"The earth, that's nature's mother, is her tomb."
What is an oxymoron?
400
drudge
What is "a person who does hard or menial work"?
400
"Alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead! Stabbed with a white wench's black eye..."
Who is Mercutio?
400
Mercutio sings an inappropriate song to the Nurse.
What is scene four?
500
"Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."
What is foreshadowing?
500
Venus
What is "Roman goddess of love"?
500
"Did you ne'er hear say, 'two may keep counsel, putting one away?"
Who is the Nurse?
500
Juliet calls the Nurse slow and unwieldy.
What is scene five?
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