Figurative Language?
It was hot as a sauna in the classroom.
What is a simile?
A one-dimensional character you don't know much about.
What is a flat character?
Odysseus and Penelope's marriage bed symbolizes this.
What is their love or commitment?
Odysseus alludes to this when he says, "when I took ship for holy Troy."
What is the Trojan war?
Juliet calling Romeo a "beautiful tyrant," a "damned saint," and "honorable villain" are examples of this.
What is oxymoron?
The air conditioning hummed quietly in the background.
What is personification?
A character that changes, grows, or develops in some meaningful way through the story.
What is a dynamic character?
Odysseus' bow symbolizes this.
What is Odysseus' strength?
Romeo alludes to this when he says of Rosaline, "She hath Dian's wit."
What is the Greek goddess Artemis (or Roman goddess Diana)?
Friar Laurence saying "Virtue itself turns vice" is an example of this.
What is a paradox?
A curtain of rain fell across the road before me.
What is a metaphor?
A complex character with layers of details and motivations.
What is a round character?
In Romeo & Juliet, this is symbolized by the stars.
What is fate?
Romeo also says of Rosaline, "From love's weak, childish bow, she remains uncharmed", alluding to this.
What is the bow of Cupid, god of love?
Juliet saying, "My only love sprung from my only hate," is an example of this.
What is juxtaposition?
The silence grew tense, like a cello string tightened too far past its strength, just before it bursts apart.
What is a simile?
A character that stays the same over the course of the story.
What is a static character?
In Romeo & Juliet, poison symbolizes this.
What is hate?
Romeo saying, "brawling love," "loving hate," "heavy lightness," and "serious vanity" are examples of this.
What is oxymoron?
I'm starving!
What is hyperbole?
Mercutio is an example of these two character types.
What are flat and static?
In "All Summer in a Day," the constant rain symbolizes this.
What is sadness?
When Odysseus compares the immortal nymph Kalypso to his aging wife, that is an example of this.
What is juxtaposition?