The play is a labyrinth of oxymorons, foreshadowing and dramatic irony, all of which serve a purpose much greater than simply telling a story. Take this Romeo And Juliet Literary Devices Quiz and prove that you have a sophisticated understanding of Shakespeare’s linguistic craft. Let’s look at the metaphors before the curtain drops.
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Romeo And Juliet Literary Devices Quiz Questions
- What literary device is used when Romeo calls Juliet “the sun”?
- What literary device is present in the phrase “death-marked love” from the Prologue?
- When Juliet says “Parting is such sweet sorrow,” what device is used?
- What literary device is shown when the audience knows Juliet is not dead, but Romeo does not?
- Which device is used when Mercutio’s death leads to both lovers’ tragedy?
- What is the literary term for the conversation between characters?
- Which literary device is used in the line “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs”?
- When Juliet says “Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,” what device is used?
- What is the device in “O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face”?
- What literary device is found in “My only love sprung from my only hate”?
- What is the term for a long speech by a character alone on stage?
- When Friar Lawrence warns “These violent delights have violent ends,” what device is present?
- What literary device is used in “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun”?
- When the Nurse says “Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit,” what device is used?
- What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes”?
- What device is used in “My grave is like to be my wedding bed”?
- What device is used when Romeo compares Juliet to “a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear”?
- What literary device is used in the line “The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night”?
- What is the device in “Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow’d night”?
- When Romeo says “O brawling love, O loving hate,” what device is used?
- What is the term for a reference to another work or historical event, as in the mention of “Cupid” or “Dian”?
- What device is used when Juliet’s father arranges her marriage to Paris while she’s already married?
- When the audience knows the lovers’ fate from the Prologue, what device is that?
- What literary device is found in Mercutio’s “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man”?
- What device describes Juliet’s words “Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb”?
- When Romeo says “Then I defy you, stars!” what device is he using?
- What is the term for the use of hints to suggest later events, as with the Prologue’s predictions?
- When Juliet calls night “loving black-brow’d night,” what device is used?
- What device is seen in “Thus with a kiss I die”?
- What literary device does Shakespeare use by ending the feud through tragedy?