Poetic Devices and Forms
Short Story Elements
Animal Farm
Romeo and Juliet - Dramatic Devices
Romeo and Juliet - About the story
100
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
100
This is the main chain of events in a story.
What is the plot?
100
The reason the animals overthrow the farm.
What is because they haven't been fed?
100
Speaking confidentially to the audience while other characters are on stage
What is an aside?
100
The place where Romeo pays 40 ducats for poison
What is the apothecary shop?
200
This form of poetry always has 14 lines.
What is a Sonnet?
200
This occurs just after the climax
What is the falling action?
200
This was the first commandment that was broken, and it was changed to this.
What is "no animal shall sleep in a bed;" it was changed to "no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets"?
200
Juliet speaking her thoughts out loud while she waits for Romeo is a good example of this
What is a soliloquy?
200
The age of Juliet at the beginning of the play
What is 13?
300
Clouds are ships which sail the skies.
What is a metaphor?
300
This is a technique for hinting at events that may occur later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
300
Where animals go after they die
What is Sugarcandy Mountain (their version of heaven)?
300
Friar Laurence giving a speech to Romeo about his good fortune is an example of this
What is monologue?
300
Romeo learns of Juliet's "death" from this person
What is Balthazar?
400
This form of poetry is used to teach and encourage the reader to make positive changes in the world.
What is didactic?
400
This is an expression of the author’s emotional attitude toward the subject matter.
What is the mood?
400
Pigs begin to resemble this at the end of the novel.
What are Humans?
400
The prologue hinting at the lover's death is also called this
What is foreshadowing?
400
The city where most of Romeo and Juliet takes place
What is Verona?
500
The trees were as tall as skyscrapers!
What is hyperbole?
500
The personality and physical aspects of the people in the story.
What are character traits?
500
At the end of the book, this was the only commandment left.
What is "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
500
Brawling love, loving hate, and heavy lightness are all examples of this
What is an oxymoron?
500
The place where Capulet oversees preparations for Juliet's marriage to Paris
What is Capulet Hall?
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