Literary Devices
What is a direct comparison not using like or as?
A metaphor
What is a direct comparison using like or as?
A similie
Who says this?
"For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss."
Juliet
The meter (rhythm) Shakespeare uses when writing verse. 10 syllables per line.
Iambic pentameter
What is the repetition of the same first letter?
Alliteration
What is a description using the senses?
Imagery
Who says this?
"I see Queen Mab hath been with you tonight."
Mercutio
Romeo and Juliet's first conversation together in Act 1 Scene 5 makes a...
Sonnet
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to something that is non human
What is the difference between a metaphor and an extended metaphor?
A metaphor is a literary device that figuratively compares and equates two things that are not alike.
An extended metaphor is a version of metaphor that extends/lasts over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.
Who says this?
"O she doth teach the torches to burn bright"
Romeo
Explain the following quotation by Romeo in Act 1.
"O heavy lightness! serious vanity!
Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!"
He is showing that he is in love but that his love hurts.
Romeo uses these oxymorons to emphasize how he is conflicted about how such a beautiful thing like love makes him feel so down.
Shakespeare introduces the romantic and lovesick character to the audience
(150 points each)
Two things or places close together for contrasting effect
Juxtaposition
When the audience knows something a character doesn’t
Dramatic irony
Who says this?
“What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.”
Tybalt
What literary device(s) does Shakespeare use in this line in Act 1 Scene 5
"Juliet doth teach the torches to burn bright"
Metaphor- comparing Juliet's beauty to the torch
Hyperbole- exaggerating that her beauty is so bright that the dim lights of the torches could learn from it
This is the start of an extended metaphor comparing Juliet's beauty to light
(200 points per device)
A speech to the audience that reveals a character’s thoughts and feelings
Soliloquy
What are the three parts of a metaphor?
Tenor, Vehicle, Ground
Who says this?
"Two households, both alike in dignity,"
The Chorus as part of the Prologue
Explain the parts of a Shakespearean sonnet / "English Sonnet"
14 lines
divided into three quatrains
a final, concluding couplet, usually rhyming
rhyming abab cdcd efef gg.
(200 per part)