Figurative Language
This is a comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The modern meaning of "Thou" and "Thee"
What is you?
Giving non-human things human characteristics.
What is personification?
Who is Romeo?
What are instructions?
This is when something happens that shouldn't happen.
What is irony?
The modern meaning of "Doth".
What is does or do?
A direct comparison.
What is a metaphor?
This individual gave Juliet the poison she sought.
Who is Friar Laurence?
This is what dialogue is.
What is a character speaking to another?
This is a polite way to say something unpolite.
What is a euphemism?
The modern meaning of "Giveth"
This is when an object is used to represent an idea.
What is symbolism?
These are the people who find Romeo and Juliet's bodies.
Who are their parents?
This is who the narrator can speak for in third-person omniscient.
Who is everyone?
This is a contradiction.
What is a paradox?
The modern meaning of "Adieu".
What is bye, or goodbye?
This is a funny twist on words.
What is a pun?
This is who Romeo is originally in love with.
Who is Rosalind?
These are the three main purposes for an author to write.
What are to persuade, inform, and entertain.
This is a sound word.
What is onomatopoeia?
The modern meaning of "Naught"
What is nothing?
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
This is who Lord Capulet promises Juliet to.
Who is Paris?
This is the authors purpose.
The reason an author writes.