As You Like It Literary Devices Quiz

What does the “lioness” that attacks Oliver symbolize?

When songs comment on events indirectly, what device is at work?

What device is present when Duke Senior finds comfort in exile, calling adversity “sweet”?

When Orlando hangs love poems on trees, what device is present?

When Shakespeare exaggerates Orlando’s love-sick behavior, what device is used?

When Touchstone humorously twists words to mock others, what device is being used?

The coexistence of foolishness and wisdom in Touchstone represents what device?

Rosalind’s gender disguise leading to comic confusion employs what device?

What device is evident when Duke Frederick’s sudden repentance ends the conflict?

Rosalind disguising herself as Ganymede represents what literary concept?

When Rosalind instructs Orlando in love while disguised, what device creates humor?

The frequent contrast between court life and forest life is an example of what device?

When Celia declares she will share Rosalind’s exile, what literary device is used to express devotion?

When Orlando’s name means “famous throughout the land,” what device is this?

The repetition of consonant sounds in lines like “Sweetest nut hath sourest rind” is what device?

The “Seven Ages of Man” speech illustrates what form of structure?

What literary device is used when Jaques says “All the world’s a stage”?

Rosalind’s line “Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love” uses what device?

The transformation of characters in Arden reflects what literary concept?

The recurring theme of disguise and mistaken identity reflects what device?

When the fool comments on human nature with wit and truth, what device is evident?

The use of shepherds and rustic life to critique courtly society represents what technique?

The play’s title “As You Like It” suggests what literary device?

When Duke Senior compares the forest to “tongues in trees,” what device appears?

When Jaques calls Touchstone “wise fool,” what device is being used?

The frequent use of songs and verse in the forest serves what literary function?

What does the Forest of Arden symbolize in the play?

The repeated references to nature’s moral lessons represent what device?

When Jaques moralizes about the deer’s suffering, what device is used?

The contrast between Touchstone’s courtly wit and rustic humor is an example of what?