Romeo And Juliet Literary Devices Quiz

What literary device is used in the line “The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night”?

What is the term for the use of hints to suggest later events, as with the Prologue’s predictions?

What device describes Juliet’s words “Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb”?

What literary device is found in Mercutio’s “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man”?

What is the term for a long speech by a character alone on stage?

When Romeo says “O brawling love, O loving hate,” what device is used?

When Juliet says “Parting is such sweet sorrow,” what device is used?

What device is used when Romeo compares Juliet to “a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear”?

What literary device is shown when the audience knows Juliet is not dead, but Romeo does not?

When Friar Lawrence warns “These violent delights have violent ends,” what device is present?

When Juliet says “Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,” what device is used?

Which device is used when Mercutio’s death leads to both lovers’ tragedy?

What device is used in “My grave is like to be my wedding bed”?

What literary device is used in “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun”?

What is the term for a reference to another work or historical event, as in the mention of “Cupid” or “Dian”?

What is the device in “Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow’d night”?

What literary device is found in “My only love sprung from my only hate”?

When Juliet calls night “loving black-brow’d night,” what device is used?

What literary device is used when Romeo calls Juliet “the sun”?

What is the device in “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face”?

What device is used when Juliet’s father arranges her marriage to Paris while she’s already married?

What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes”?

When the Nurse says “Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit,” what device is used?

When Romeo says “Then I defy you, stars!” what device is he using?

What device is seen in “Thus with a kiss I die”?

When the audience knows the lovers’ fate from the Prologue, what device is that?

What literary device is present in the phrase “death-marked love” from the Prologue?

Which literary device is used in the line “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs”?

What literary device does Shakespeare use by ending the feud through tragedy?

What is the literary term for the conversation between characters?